RPC IV.4, 48

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 48
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 ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕ]Β
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding corn-ears, resting arm on shield (or spear); (before, lighted altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.64 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2492–3, DS Suppl pl 15, 35, Geissen 1297
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Delepierre 63 SNG 2126
2 2     NY: 1973.56.788
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1297
4 4     ✸ Aiello
5 5     D 2492 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 334