RPC IV.4, 1701

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1701
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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 Ι]Η
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 33 mm
Average weight 20.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 1699/1.
Note The Η of the date is clear to the lower right on the Oxford specimen.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33571 JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 10 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 89 (pl. 20m (rev.))
2 2     A: D 1835A / 1897/8, IH 936/1479