RPC IV.4, 1900

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1900
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 ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
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 draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.30 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 18, 115?, Geissen 1787, M 2334
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 1869/1, 1876/1–2. 5: same obv. die as 1878/2, 1881/2–4, 1896/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60858
2 2     O: HCR33579 M 2334
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1787
4 4     ✸ Aiello
5 5     DS Suppl pl 18, 115