RPC IV.4, 47

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 47
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 [ΕΥϹΕ]Β
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 bare head of Antoninus Pius, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding corn-ears, resting arm on shield; before, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.12 g
Reference D 2493 bis corr. (DS), DS Suppl pl 15, 34, 36
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 55/1–2, 62/1, 103/1.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 2493 bis corr. (DS) = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 280
2 2     DS Suppl pl 15, 34
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 15, 36 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 300