RPC IV.4, 1991

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1991
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 ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ]Ϲ (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.56 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1981/1.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.844
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60875