RPC IV.4, 855

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 855
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, right, veiled and crowned with disk, sickle at shoulder; below, capricorn, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.34 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2977, pl. XXVI (rev.), Geissen 1504, M 1823
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

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