RPC IV.4, 1550

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1550
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 paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Roma seated, right, holding spear and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.42 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2798 corr. (DS), DS 8665–6, Geissen 1713
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2899–900; A: D 2858 /12051 / 1839; Spink 331, 21 March 2017, lot 80.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2310 SNG 2596
2 2     NY: 1973.56.831
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60722
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1713
5 5     D 2798 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 289
6 6     ✸ DS 8665 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 313
7 7     DS 8666 = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 445