RPC IV.4, 490

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 490
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ[Ϲ 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 Hermanubis standing, left, head, right, wearing kalathos, holding caduceus downwards and palm-leaf
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.58 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2627, pl. XVI (rev.), M 1723?
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33290 M 1723
2 2     V: GR 24588
3 3     A: D 1619F /175/539
4 4     ✸ D 2627, pl. XVI (rev.) = Künker 54 (7. 3. 2000), 2297 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 367 (Figari - Mosconi 630)
5 5     Holman coll.
6 6     Matthijs