RPC IV.4, 1594

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1594
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 laureate-headed and draped bust of Zeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.25 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2911, pl. XXV (rev.), DS 8784
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1547/1, 1566/1–2, 5, 8, 10.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60743
2 2     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 252
3 3     D 2911 = Münzen Auktion Essen 71 (1996), 475 (Figari - Mosconi 723)