RPC IV.4, 1656

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1656
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 (or ΕΥϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ)
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 rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.10 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2302, M 2277a corr.
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On some busts the cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder or a slight line at the neck.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR26753 M 2277a corr.
2 2     A: D 1880 / 2912 / 12276
3 3     ✸ A: D 1855 / 2878 / 12309
4 4     Agora Auctions Numismatic 80, 11 Dec. 2018, lot 106
5 5     D 2302 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 352