RPC IV.4, 1005

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1005
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ, ΝΙΚΗ (on shield)
Edition (ἔτους) δέκατου Νίκη
Translation of year ten, Victory
Reverse design Nike standing, right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield on short column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.35 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2705 bis, DS Suppl pl 17, 79
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60467
2 2     ✸ A: D 1721 bis AA / 1897/8, IH 932/1470
3 3     DS Suppl pl 17, 79 = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 375
4 4     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 422 from the Dattari collection