RPC IV.4, 1274

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1274
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
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 head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.84 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8350, Geissen 1655
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Drapery may run across neck. Reverse type runs over to year 15 with recut date.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60626
2 2     A: D 1786B / 1896/7, I 345/634
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1655
4 4     Matthijs = CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 372
5 5     Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 288