RPC IV.4, 2165

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2165
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and aureole(?), facing front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8680, Geissen 1851
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 4–5: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24762 NZ n. f. 17 (1924), 112 no. 51 (year 21 in error)
3 3     A: D 1956 / 3006 / 12248
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1851
5 5     DS 8680 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 339