RPC IV.4, 1891

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1891
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ) ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L Κ
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed (and cornucopia); (below, water-plants)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2762, DS 8643, Geissen 1784
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 5: same obv. die as 1876/3, 1878/6, 1899/1–3, 1978/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: no number
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1784
3 3     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 237
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 173
5 5     Dattari = D 2762
6 6     Emporium Hamburg 81, 23 Oct. 2018, lot 326