RPC IV.4, 1743

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1743
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2548, DS 8429–30, Geissen 1738
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1618/1, 3, 1624/1–2, 1742/1–6, 1744/1.
Note On one die it looks as though the date may have been recut from L ΙΖ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2061 SNG 2655
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1738
3 3     ✸ D 2548 = Aiello
4 4     DS 8429 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 302