RPC IV.4, 1361

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1361
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙƐ = 15
Dating AD 151/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Edition ἔτους ιεʹ (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design Tyche of Alexandria (?) standing, facing, head, right (or left), turreted, holding rudder and small figure of Hermes(?), wearing hem-hem crown, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.81 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8769, DS Suppl pl 19, 139
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23597.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.211 BMC Suppl 2993, pl. 7
2 2     P: 2289 SNG 2556
3 3     DS 8769 = Aiello
4 4     Matthijs
5 5     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 347