RPC IV.4, 1574

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1574
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1516/1, 1521/1, 1525/2, 1528/1, 1561/1–6.
Note On coins from this die the inscription appears to begin ΑVΤΙΑΙΑΔΡ. This is clearly based on, and probably intended to be, the more usual ΑVΤΚΑΙΑΔΡ, but with the diagonals of the Κ missing or at any rate not visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Fox