RPC IV.4, 1542

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1542
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 ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ 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 front
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 32 mm
Reference DS 2767 (not D 2767?)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note This bust type seen from the front is unparalleled this late. Dattari records the bust as seen from the rear. It is just possible that the wrong rubbings have been paired in DS, and that the obverse does not belong here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 2767 (not D 2767?)