RPC IV.4, 1692

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1692
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 ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Emperor (or Sarapis?) standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.93 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8295
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1718/1, 9.
Note On this die there appears to be no kalathos, hence ambiguity about the identification of the figure. Maybe it should be interpreted as Sarapis with the kalathos omitted or maybe as the emperor.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8295 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 365