RPC IV.4, 1515

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1515
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription (Α)ΥΤ Κ Τ (Α)Ι(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.96 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2942
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 9–11: same obv. die as 1573/2, 6, 12–13.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (I-B)
2 2     NY: 1973.56.835
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60748
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60747 Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 820
5 5     O: HCR33512 M 2220
6 6     V: GR 24730
7 7     A: D 1833 / 2850 / 12060
8 8     ✸ CNG 39 (18. 9. 1996), 1064
9 9     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 776 = NFA 5 (23–24. 2. 1978), 348
10 10     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 641
11 11     Staffieri
12 12     D 2942 = Bertolami 338, 26 May 2025, lot 118