RPC IV.4, 1720

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1720
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(Λ)] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Ε(ΥϹ) (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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 (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Sarapis standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.21 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2851 ?= DS 8297, DS 8298, M 2287
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.215 BMC Suppl 2999
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60776
3 3     O: HCR33558 M 2287
4 4     A: D 1869AA / 1896/7, I 375/690
5 5     Aiello
6 6     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1269
7 7     DS 8297 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 222
8 8     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 598