RPC IV.4, 67

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 67
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(Ι) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ?)]ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ L Β
Edition Εὐθηνία (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation Prosperity, of year 2
Reverse design Euthenia reclining left, on sphinx, holding ears of corn and poppies, and lotus-flower, peplos filled with fruits
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.86 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2558–9, Geissen 1304
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1162, pl. XXII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2221 (Cousinéry) SNG 2749
3 3     G SNG 4146 = MacDonald III, 466, no. 449
4 4     Mu: 353
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60093
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1304
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1875?
8 8     Frankfurt Förschner 557
9 9     D 2559 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 338
10 10     Grün 49, 20 May 2008, lot 120
11 11     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 718