RPC IV.4, 1566

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1566
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 ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ 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 cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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; (two stars either side)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.93 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 18, 113, M 2226
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5, 8, 10: same obv. die as 1547/1, 1594/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,0307.1 BMC Suppl 3000
2 2     P: 2094 SNG 2094
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60727
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60725
5 5     O: HCR33518 M 2226
6 6     V: GR 24733
7 7     Milan SNG 1311
8 8     DS Suppl pl 18, 113 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 290
9 9     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1328
10 10     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 402