RPC IV.4, 257

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 257
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 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 bust of Heracles, left, wearing lion skin; over shoulder, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.27 g
Axis 2
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: 3094 RSN 45 (1966), 72 no. 119, pl. IV
2 2     ✸ Baldwin’s The New York Sale XIV, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 174