RPC IV.4, 1693

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1693
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 ΑΔΡ ΑΝ[ΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
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 to left, Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia, seated, right, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs; to right, Euthenia standing, left, holding wreath and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.12 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 17, 102
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 1694/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61045
3 3     ✸ Dattari = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 180 corr.