RPC IV.4, 1714

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1714
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) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Poseidon standing with foot on rock, right, holding long trident and dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.90 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2788, DS 8658–9
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3729
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60787
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3728
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60789
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60788
7 7     A: D 1802(?) / 2887 / 12465
8 8     A: D 1861 / 2886 / 12061
9 9     Aiello
10 10     D 2788 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 284 = Matthijs
11 11     DS 8658 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 403
12 12     ✸ DS 8659 = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 240 = VMR 2788 (Figari - Mosconi 683)
13 13     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 811
14 14     Niggeler 753 (ex Hall 350)