RPC IV.4, 2151

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2151
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Adrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Edition (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield; to right, spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.65 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2485, DS 8346, Geissen 1848, M 2407
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some specimens have been attributed to year 20 in the past, following Dattari. This appears to be a result of the difficulty of reading the whole date on worn specimens. Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1903,1007.9 BMC Suppl 2985
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60929
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60928
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60927
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60930
6 6     O: HCR33624 M 2333 corr.
7 7     O: HCR33623 M 2407
8 8     V: GR 24756
9 9     A: D 1941A / 2991 / 12256
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1848
11 11     Vat: Mt.Gr.Aegyptus.NummiAlexandrini.670 Zoëga p. 207, no. 414 (rev. illustrated on pl. XII) corr.
12 12     ✸ Aiello
13 13     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 352
14 14     DS 8345 = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 245 = Roma Numismatics EA 46, 5 June 2018, lot 433
15 15     DS 8346 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 290 = Matthijs
16 16     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 9, 28 June 2014, lot 292
17 17     Savoca London 1 Silver, 21 July 2019, lot 188