RPC IV.4, 1716

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1716
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor 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 Poseidon standing with foot on rock, right, holding long trident and dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.82 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8657?, Geissen 1743, M 2281 corr.?
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5–7: same obv. die as 1683/1–2, 7, 9, 11–15, 1696/1–2, 1721/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2326 SNG 2326
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60791
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60790
4 4     O: HCR33550 M 2281 corr.
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1743
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1744
7 7     ✸ CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 140 (Staffieri)