RPC IV.4, 6

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 6
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 138
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ] Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ [ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nilus riding on hippopotamus, left, holding corn ears and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.43 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2773, pl. XX (rev.) = DS 2772
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 80/6, 8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60077
2 2     ✸ D 2773, pl. XX (rev.) = DS 2772 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 394
3 3     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 7, 5 June 2021, lot 185