RPC IV.4, 140

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 140
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
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 eagle standing, left, head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8966
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note One die is unusual, being intermediate between a head and a bust .
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1960 SNG 2150
2 2     ✸ P: 1961 SNG 2152
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60133
4 4     V: GR 24546
5 5     A: D 1567 / 2459
6 6     Leeds-UL: 156
7 7     Aiello
8 8     DS 8966 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 331
9 9     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1188