RPC IV.4, 556

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 556
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 front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design sailing ship, right with mainsail and foresail; at stern, helmsman
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.99 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3023, Geissen 1894
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.802
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60423
3 3     A: D 1949(?) / 3000 /12252
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1894
5 5     Dattari = D 3023