RPC IV.4, 1888

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1888
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ (Τ) ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἰ(λίος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.41 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 17, 92
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60852
3 3     A: D 1893 / 2929 /12200
4 4     Aiello