RPC IV.4, 1583

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1583
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3011, DS Suppl pl 20, 153, M 2254
Specimens 19 (12 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.478 BMC 1202
2 2     L BMC 1203
3 3     P: 2109 SNG 2613
4 4     P: 2322 SNG 2614
5 5     ✸ B: Löbb.
6 6     B: 28685
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60757
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60757
9 9     NY: 1973.56.837
10 10     O: HCR33544 M 2253 corr.
11 11     O: HCR33545 M 2254
12 12     O: HCR33546 M 2255
13 13     A: D 1930A(?) / 2979 / 12240
14 14     Frankfurt Förschner 662
15 15     Aiello
16 16     CNG EA 366, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 687 = Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3015, 7 Sept. 2011, lot 23343
17 17     D 3011 = Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 626 (Figari - Mosconi 757)
18 18     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) Jan. 2019 NYINC, 11 Jan. 2019, lot 42171 (part)
19 19     Triton VIII (11–12. 1. 2005), 809