RPC IV.4, 1889

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1889
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(Α Τ ΑΙ ΔΡ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (ΕΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδ(ριανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of 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 34 mm
Average weight 25.86 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8639, M 2336b
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1867/11, 14. 2–4: same obv. die as 1862/1, 1867/1, 1883/1–2.
Note Some Ʊ forms. The two obverse legends recorded are ΑVΤ ΚΑ[ ] ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹ and ΑVΤ Κ[ ] Τ ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ (retrograde).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60855
2 2     O: HCR33582 M 2336b
3 3     V: GR 24753
4 4     ✸ A: D 1893A / 214/716