RPC IV.4, 1551

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1551
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 head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
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 23.66 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2797, DS 8664
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2079 SNG 2594
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60721
3 3     A: D 1840 / 2859 / 12048
4 4     Aiello
5 5     CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 386 = CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 172 = Matthijs
6 6     ✸ DS 8664 = Peus 360 (27. 4. 1999), 706 = CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 778 = Münzen Auktion Essen 71 (1996), 476 (Figari - Mosconi 688)