RPC IV.4, 1585

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1585
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 Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.73 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3009, pl. XXVII (rev.), 3010, DS 8860
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2107 SNG 2607
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     C: 667-1948
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3723
6 6     O: HCR33541 M 2250
7 7     A: D 1843 / 2864 / 12042
8 8     Aarhus H.E. Mathiesen (ed.), SNG Denmark. Aarhus University (1986), 992
9 9     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 221
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 452
11 11     D 3009, pl. XXVII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 306
12 12     DS 8860 = MünzZentrum 64 (15. 4. 1988), coll. Meyer, 291 (Figari - Mosconi 756)
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 284
14 14     Leu 48 (10. 5. 1989), 356
15 15     Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 340
16 16     Nomos obolos 1, 8 Feb. 2015, lot 313 = Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 611