RPC IV.4, 1547

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1547
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 ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΖΙ
Edition (ἔτους) ζιʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, water plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1566/1–2, 5, 8, 10, 1594/1–3. 1: same rev. die as 1546/1, 1603/2, 1604/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60707