RPC IV.4, 55

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 55
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, left
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; to right, Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; all wearing kalathos; all on oared boat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.63 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 47/1, 3, 62/1, 103/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1948 SNG 2130
2 2     ✸ Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 420 from the Dattari Collection