RPC IV.4, 11

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 11
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 138
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design kalathos containing poppies and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.11 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1926,0116.956 BMC Suppl 3041, pl. 8
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24570
3 3     Bargain Bin (information: K. Emmett)