RPC IV.4, 240

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 240
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 ΑΝΤ[ωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus
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 radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.18 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1346
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 222/4, 246/2, 295/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60148
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1346