RPC IV.4, 1711

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1711
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ 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 head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.76 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2734, DS 8617, M 2292
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60786
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60785
3 3     O: HCR33564 M 2292
4 4     A: D 1865A / 1896/7, I 374/688
5 5     Dix Noonan Webb 164, 9 Oct. 2019, lot 3260
6 6     ✸ DS 8617 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 332