RPC IV.4, 494

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 494
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ(Α)] ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ [ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Hermes seated on rocks, left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.64 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 16, 67, DS 12281 on pl. 133
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Aiello
2 2     ✸ Dattari = DS Suppl pl 16, 67
3 3     DS 12281 on pl. 133 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 324
4 4     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 168