RPC IV.4, 278

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 278
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 ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.31 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8612–13
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60975
2 2     ✸ DS 8612 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1361 = Peus 19 (1971), 72 (Figari - Mosconi 666)
3 3     Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 600 = Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 952