RPC IV.4, 1896

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1896
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] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Nilus, with hippopotamus beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.04 g
Reference D 2768
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1878/2, 1881/2–4, 1900/5.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 2768 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 404 = Matthijs
2 2     Rauch EA 29, 21 Feb. 2019, lot 72 = Matthijs