RPC IV.4, 54

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 54
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design sacred boat of Sarapis: Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; to left, veiled Demeter standing, right, holding torch and ears of corn and poppies(?); to right, Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; all wearing kalathos; all on oared boat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.22 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2859, pl. XXIII (rev.)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1947 SNG 2129
2 2     A: D 1553 / 2438
3 3     ✸ D 2859, pl. XXIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 263
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett 117, 2022, lot 214
5 5     Lanz 78 (25. 11. 1996), 645