RPC IV.4, 1875

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1875
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 ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) 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 cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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 32 mm
Average weight 22.20 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2687, Geissen 1781
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 1877/2, 1894/1.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2144 SNG 2676
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60848
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1781
4 4     ✸ D 2687 = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 329