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 Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Πεσκ(έννιος) Νίγερ Ἰοῦστος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Pescennius Niger Iustus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Pescennius Niger, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (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

Number Number 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