RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 59160)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 59160)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pescennius Niger
Person (obv.) Pescennius Niger (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 193
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙ Γ ΠΕϹΚ ΝΙΓΕΡ ΙΟΥϹΤΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Πεσκέννιος Νίγερ Ἰοῦστος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Πεσκ(έννιος) Νίγερ Ἰοῦστος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Pescennius Niger Justus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Pescennius Niger, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Elpis standing left, holding flower and raising skirt of chiton
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.47 g
Axis 12
Reference Emmett 2657A
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    V: GR 25008
    ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 228, 30 July 2024, lot 573 = Schulmann, 6.-11. June 1969, lot 3501 (Mabbott) = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1299, ex John L. Balderston III Collection (Stack's, 29 May 1948), lot 240; Russell Burrage Collection (J.C. Morgenthau, 26 November 1934) = Glendining 7 Apr. 1971, lot 315