RPC IV.4, 1541

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1541
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 with traces of drapery, right
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, in front of which stands Genius; below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 28.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Portrait intermediate between head and bust.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: TOW.1827 BMC 1152, pl. XXI (rev.)