RPC IV.4, 1682

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1682
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) (Α)ΔΡ 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2944, Geissen 1735, M 2285
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 1526/1, 1543/1, 1546/1, 1563/1–2, 1569/1.
Note On some the drapery is on both sides of the neck but not quite across.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1618 BMC 1019
2 2     P: AA.GR.5539 (Doubles 1302) (Cousinéry) SNG 2639
3 3     B: (I-B)
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60818
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60816
6 6     O: HCR33513 M 2221 corr.
7 7     O: HCR33554 M 2285
8 8     A: D 1965E(?) / 222/763
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1735
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1736
11 11     CNG 51 (15. 9. 1999), 1012 = CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 232
12 12     Dattari = DS 8814
13 13     DS 8811 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 307 corr. (?)