RPC IV.4, 1562

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1562
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.56 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2822, Geissen 1716, M 2224?
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60726
2 2     O: HCR33516 M 2224
3 3     O: HCR33517 M 2225 corr.
4 4     V: GR 24599
5 5     ✸ A: D 1831B / 1896/7, I 364/668
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1716
7 7     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 333 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
8 8     Noble 107, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 3534
9 9     Numismatica Ars Classica / Spink Taisei 16. 11. 1994, 842 corr.