RPC IV.4, 1449

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1449
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding poppies and stalks of corn (or just corn)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8933–4, Geissen 1683
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Cop: 505 (not illustrated)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60701
4 4     NY: 1973.56.805
5 5     O: HCR34381
6 6     A: D 1820 / 2833 / 12142
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1683
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1684
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 656
10 10     Aiello
11 11     ✸ Aiello
12 12     DS 8933 = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 400
13 13     DS 8934 = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 385