RPC IV.4, 217

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 217
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἄδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design bust of Ares, right, wearing helmet and balteus (sword belt)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.08 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8306, Geissen 1335
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Compare RPC III, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/14813.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1977 SNG 2192
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60979
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1335
4 4     ✸ DS 8306 = Matthijs = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 117 (Staffieri) (Figari - Mosconi 569)
5 5     Noble 107, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 3535