RPC IV.4, 517

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 517
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ L Ε
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος ἔτους εʹ Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus, of year 5
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Orpheus seated on rocks, right, holding lyre, surrounded by animals
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.86 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8844–5
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 421/1, 454/1, 461/1–2, 524/1–2.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2290 (Cousinéry) SNG 2236
2 2     P: 2396 SNG 2237
3 3     ✸ B: 18315849, 1873 Fox
4 4     DS 8844 = Hess (Lucerne) 247 (29. 6. 1978), 336 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 219 (Figari - Mosconi 754)