RPC IV.4, 1549

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1549
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 ΑΙ(Λ) 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 Roma seated (on cuirass), right, holding spear and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.02 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2796, pl. XXI (rev.), DS 8326, DS Suppl pl 18, 107, Geissen 1712
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 8: same obv. die as 1532/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2311 SNG 2595
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60720
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60719
5 5     A: D 1840A / 2860 / 12047
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1712
7 7     Aiello
8 8     ✸ D 2796, pl. XXI (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 271
9 9     DS 8326 = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 184