RPC IV.4, 1973

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1973
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription Τ Κ ΑΔΡΙΑ(?) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 27.62 g
Reference D 3107, DS 8958
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1970/2, 2080/1, 5–6, 2090/6.
Note Second Ν of ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ reversed.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aiello
2 2     Matthijs
3 3     Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 312