RPC IV.4, 351

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 351
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design griffin seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3121
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–9: same pair of dies.
Note Progressive die-breaks to lower reverse die confuses reading of date on some specimens.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2007 SNG 2444
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3749
4 4     O: HCR34371 M 1925b corr.
5 5     A: 2423a / 198
6 6     A: D 1598B / 2505
7 7     D 3121 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 300
8 8     ✸ Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 605
9 9     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 317