RPC IV.4, 1649

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1649
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, right; at shoulder, reed; before, cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.46 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference D 2290
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 4864.3308 (Seymour de Ricci 3308) SNG 2637
2 2     Bern: 2952 RSN 45 (1966), 77 no. 149 (not illustrated)
3 3     ✸ Dattari = D 2290