RPC IV.4, 2190

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2190
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ(ΙΑ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Edition ἔτους κδʹ (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design to left, emperor (Antoninus Pius) in military dress standing, left, bare-headed, holding patera over altar and long sceptre; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning the emperor
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.58 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2447, pl. VIII (rev.), Geissen 1885?
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms. Vogt 1924, p. 132 and Strack 1937, III, p. 64 associated this type with a military success in Africa on the basis of medallions of AD 159–160 which depicted the emperor beside Victoria erecting a trophy and a reclining figure of Africa (Strack III, nos. 660–1 = Gnecchi II, nos. 23-5 (pls. 45, 7; 47, 1–2) = Mittag 2019, p. 54; nos. 171–2). Mattingly and Toynbee located the victory in Mauretania on the basis of the victories over the Mauri noted by HA Pius 5,4 and Pausanias 8, 43, 3 (BMCRE IV, p. xcvii; Toynbee 1944, p. 136).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 671-1948
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60948
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60947
4 4     Calgary: NG. 1993.2.1350
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1885?
6 6     CNG EA 387, 30 Nov. 2016, lot 356
7 7     ✸ D 2447, pl. VIII (rev.) = Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 597 = Karl Kress 154, 1972, lot 362 (Figari - Mosconi 568) = Matthijs
8 8     Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 309