RPC IV.4, 1685

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1685
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤ[ωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Ε]Υ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus 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 Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.47 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reverse type is known for drachms of year 19 but the obverse type is not. The last figure of the date is not clear but does not look like a Θ. It may well have been recut from Ζ to Η or might simply be L ΙΖ with the Ζ blocked. The former is perhaps more plausible as recut dates which look quite like this are known from year 18.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2346 SNG 2665