RPC IV.4, 1540

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1540
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; before, dome inscribed ΙϚ, in front of which stands Genius (or beside which, Genius on back of another, inscribing dome); below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.95 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2764, Geissen 1711, M 2230
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2314 SNG 2314
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60708
3 3     O: HCR33521 M 2230
4 4     O: HCR33527 M 2235
5 5     V: GR 24740
6 6     A: D 1838 B / 1481 / 1897/8, IH 938/1481
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1708
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1711
9 9     D 2764 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 344 = Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 307
10 10     Matthijs
11 11     ✸ Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 287 = Matthijs