RPC IV.4, 443

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 443
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ (or ϹΕΕΥΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Euthenia seated, left, holding ears of corn (and poppies) and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.10 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2556 bis, DS 8443, Geissen 1391, M 1726
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 6, 9: same obv. die as 445/1–3, 455/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1509 BMC 1161, pl. XXII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2032 SNG 2219
3 3     Mu: 355
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60978
5 5     O: HCR33294 M 1726
6 6     A: D 1624 / 2545 /12370
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1391
8 8     ✸ DS 8443 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 277
9 9     Matthijs