RPC IV.4, 1966

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1966
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ] ΑΔΡ ΑΝ[ΤωΝΙΝΟϹ] [
Edition --- Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος --- [---] Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος [---]
Translation [---] Hadrian Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition ἔτους καʹ (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design sacred boat of Sarapis: Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; to left, Isis Pharia(?) standing. left, head, right, holding sail; to right, veiled Demeter standing, left, holding torch(?); all on oared boat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference D 2861
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2003/1.
Note The date is not visible in DS but D read L ΚΑ. The date is supported by the fact that the reverse die is shared with a coin of Faustina, which in turn shares its obverse die with a coin certainly of year 21.
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