RPC IV.4, 1525

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1525
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1516/1, 1521/1, 1528/1, 1561/1–6, 1574/1.
Note On this die the inscription appears to begin ΑVΤΙΑΙΑΔΡ. This is clearly based on, and probably intended to be, the more usual ΑVΤΚΑΙΑΔΡ, but with the diagonals of the Κ missing or at any rate not visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33530 M 2238
2 2     ✸ Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 640