RPC IV.4, 1043

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1043
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription L Ε]ΝΔ(?)[ΕΚ]ΑΤΟ[Υ (?)
Reverse design Roma seated on shield, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference M 1951
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1087/1–2.
Note Obverse die otherwise used in year 12. The date is hard to read. For a similar spacing of the reverse inscription in year 11 cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/113024; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/118134; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/112366. It looks like the figure is seated on a shield: this may or may not result from corrosion. The figure's left leg appears to be drawn back in the manner of seated figures of Roma in year 14, cf e.g. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23543, but not otherwise for Roma in year 11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR26643 M 1951