RPC IV.4, 418

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 418
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 Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.21 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 15, 31, Geissen 3473
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2030 SNG 2216
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60201
3 3     Cologne Geissen 3473
4 4     DS Suppl pl 15, 32 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 342
5 5     ✸ Matthijs
6 6     private North American coll.