RPC IV.4, 1061

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1061
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) ἑνδεκάτου
Translation of year eleven
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.81 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2927 corr. (DS), DS pl. 146, 12285 corr., DS 8794, 8796, Geissen 1586, M 1955
Specimens 24 (11 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2896–7; Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 686.

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