RPC IV.4, 156

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 156
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2871, DS 8736
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1945 SNG 2156
2 2     G SNG 4148 = MacDonald III, 474, no. 499
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60123
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60122
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60124
6 6     D 2871 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 225
7 7     DS 8735 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 257
8 8     ✸ DS 8736 = Aiello