RPC IV.4, 2056

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2056
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design draped bust of Zeus, right, wearing taenia; before, thunderbolt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2398, pl. XXV (rev.), 2399, Geissen 1823
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Note On some busts the cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder or a slight line at the neck.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2366 SNG 2693
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58996
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58994
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3637
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58995
6 6     O: HCR26785
7 7     ✸ A: D 1914 / 2957 / 12212
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1823
9 9     Aiello
10 10     D 2399 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 280
11 11     DS '2399' (pl. 116, bottom right) = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 217