RPC IV.4, 1895

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1895
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 Τ Α [?] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ [ ] ΕΥϹ (ΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος --- Ἀντωνῖνος --- Εὐσεβής ΥΣ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Α(ἴλιος) [---] Ἀντωνῖνος [---] Εὐσ(εβής) ΥΣ
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius [---] Antoninus [---] Pius US(?)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Nilus, with hippopotamus beside him, reclining left, holding holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.63 g
Reference DS Suppl pl 17, 92
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS Suppl pl 17, 92 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 309 = Matthijs