RPC IV.4, 539

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 539
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos, ram's horn round ear; at shoulder, cornucopia; behind, trident with serpent twined round it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.20 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8728
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60241
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60242
3 3     CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 289