RPC IV.4, 176

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 176
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 139/40
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription (ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ) L ΤΡΙΤΟΥ
Edition Εὐθηνία (ἔτους) τρίτου
Translation Euthenia, of year three
Reverse design Euthenia, crowned with uraeus and corn, reclining left, on sphinx, holding bunch of corn-ears and poppies, and lotus-flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.79 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2562, DS 8449
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1163
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60134
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60135
4 4     A: D 1572C / 1896/7, I 270/496
5 5     Antioch Associates 38 (25. 2. 2002), 123
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1180