RPC IV.4, 1787

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1787
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ Τ) ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition ἔτους ιθʹ (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.88 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2722, DS 2723 (not D 2723), DS Suppl pl 17, 81, Geissen 1759
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 12: same obv. die as 1785/14.
Note Some Ʊ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2399 SNG 2740
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60831
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3735
4 4     V: GR 24750
5 5     A: D 1877A / 1896/7, I 383/701
6 6     A: D 1877 / 2909 / 12280
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1759
8 8     D 2722 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 347
9 9     D 2723 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 270
10 10     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 17, 81
11 11     Naville Numismatics 56, 22 Mar. 2020, lot 314
12 12     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 352