RPC IV.4, 537

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 537
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre/front or rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design draped busts of Sarapis and Isis jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.50 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2855, pl. XXIII (rev.), DS 8716–17, Geissen 1414, M 1719
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2011 SNG 2245, Bakhoum 1999, p. 193, 69 (pl. XVI)
2 2     P: AA.GR.5591 (Doubles 1188) SNG 2246
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     Cop: 447
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60236
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60237
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60238
8 8     O: HCR33285 M 1719
9 9     A: D 1611 / 2522
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1414
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 226 = CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 429
13 13     Dattari = DS 8717
14 14     DS 8716 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 266
15 15     Gemini I, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 370
16 16     Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 748