RPC IV.4, 104

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 104
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Tyche reclining on couch, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.52 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference D 2889 bis
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60129
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60128
3 3     V: GR 24535
4 4     A: D 1556A / 159/488
5 5     Boston: 1985.1167
6 6     Frankfurt Förschner 561
7 7     Aiello
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 208
9 9     D 2889 bis = Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1291 (Figari - Mosconi 719) = Peus 283 (14–16. 5. 1974), 217