RPC IV.4, 666

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 666
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 143/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ L Ζ
Edition Εὐθηνία (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation Prosperity, of year 7
Reverse design Euthenia reclining left, on sphinx, holding ears of corn (and poppies) and sistrum (or lotus-flower)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.11 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2563–4, pl. XIII (rev.), M 1773b
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.444 BMC 1165
2 2     B: 503/1913 ex Hirsch 33, 973
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60276
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60277
5 5     O: HCR33315 M 1773b
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1446
7 7     ✸ Aiello
8 8     D 2563 = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 215
9 9     D 2564, pl. XIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 218
10 10     Dattari