RPC IV.4, 1554

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1554
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 draped busts of Sarapis, crowned with laurel wreath and kalathos, and Isis, wearing basileion, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.51 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2854 corr.?? (DS), DS Suppl pl 19, 131, Geissen 1715, M 2223
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (I-B)
2 2     Cop: 454 corr.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60772
4 4     O: HCR33515 M 2223
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1715
6 6     DS Suppl pl 19, 131 = Bickelmann 29 (1973) (Figari - Mosconi 800)
7 7     DS Suppl pl 19, 131 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 219
8 8     ✸ Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 269 from the Dattari collection