RPC IV.4, 1872

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1872
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ (Τ) (ΑΙΛ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) 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 Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Cybele seated on throne, left, wearing veil, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum; between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.29 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8585–6, DS Suppl pl 16, 78, Geissen 1779, M 2332
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 12: same obv. die.
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1879 BMC 1041 corr.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60849
3 3     ✸ NY: 1973.56.842
4 4     O: HCR33577 M 2332
5 5     A: D 1895 / 2933 / 12192
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1779
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1780
8 8     Neuchâtel Spoerri, Neuchâtel 110
9 9     CNG EA 336, 8 Oct. 2014, lot 232
10 10     DS 8585 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 309
11 11     DS Suppl pl 16, 78 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 223
12 12     Elsen 139, 8 Dec. 2018, lot 296
13 13     Jacquier 23 (Autumn 1999), 400