RPC IV.4, 1974

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1974
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ) ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ(Ϲ) ϹΕΒ (ΕΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.13 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8959
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60895
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60896
3 3     V: GR 24770
4 4     V: GR 24769
5 5     ✸ Aiello
6 6     CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 190 corr.
7 7     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 605