RPC IV.4, 395

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 395
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design to left, Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia, seated, right, on rocks, (up which crocodile climbs); to right, Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, left, holding ears of corn (and sistrum)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.57 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2776, 2777?, Geissen 1404
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1158
2 2     P: 2033 (double struck) SNG 2251
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 96/1892
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60229
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60228
7 7     A: D 1625 / 2546 / 12369
8 8     Bern: 80.519 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 175 no. 11
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1404
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1405
11 11     Aiello
12 12     D 2776 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 343
13 13     Matthijs