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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/855 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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. |