RPC IV.4, 40

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 40
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Roma standing with foot on shield, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2327 corr., Geissen 1295 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.933 BMC 995, pl. XXIII (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3522
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1295
4 4     D 2327 corr. = Ars et Nummus 1–2 (1973), lot 247 (Figari - Mosconi 529)