RPC IV.4, 122

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 122
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 ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design veiled Eusebeia (or Demeter) seated, left, holding patera over (Egyptian) altar, and long sceptre (or long torch?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.74 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2549 corr., DS 8432
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60088
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60089
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3642
4 4     ✸ Aiello
5 5     Dattari = D 2549 corr.
6 6     DS 8432 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 336
7 7     Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 322
8 8     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 311