RPC IV.4, 1948

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1948
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ(Ϲ) ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition ἔτους καʹ (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, head, right, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues, holding wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.25 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2314, DS 8211
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58951
2 2     ✸ A: D 1902 bis / 1896/7, I 402/727
3 3     D 2314 = Peus 282 (30. 10.–1. 11. 1973), 414 (Figari - Mosconi 518)