RPC IV.4, 1563

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1563
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 Τ ΑΙ [(Α)ΔΡ(?)] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἰ(λίος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus 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 24.64 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 1717
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1526/1, 1543/1, 1546/1, 1569/1, 1682/7.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5584 (Doubles 1189) SNG 2617
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1717