RPC IV.4, 1700

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1700
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ 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 Lycurgus right, knee on vine-stump, arms pulled behind by vines (?), head raised; between legs, axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.77 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8842, M 2297a
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1548/1, 1708/1, 1737/1, 4, 8, 10. 1–6: same rev. die as 1702/1.
Note The numerals of the date are not visible on coins from the reverse die used for this type (also used for https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72052). The obverse die was mostly used in year 18, although it was also used for one type (known from one specimen) in year 17. The Η of the date can be read on specimens from the other roughly contemporary reverse die with Lycurgus (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23967; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23968). So year 18 is plausible but year 17 cannot be ruled out. See also the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72052.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33570 M 2297a corr.
2 2     A: D 1672(?) / 2627 /12373
3 3     A: D 1835B / 1897/8, IH 937/1480
4 4     ✸ Turin Fabretti 7160
5 5     DS 8842 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 425
6 6     Triton 2 (1.12.1998), 658