RPC IV.4, 680

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 680
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 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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which Genius points at letters ΙϚ, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.41 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2747, Geissen 1449
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2092 SNG 2294
2 2     B: 482/1880
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60284
4 4     A: D 1838 / 2857 / 12052
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1449
6 6     CNG EA 317, 18 Dec. 2013, lot 187
7 7     Hellmuth Kricheldorf Verlag e.K. 49, 20 Feb. 2017, lot 320
8 8     ✸ Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 337 = Private coll. OTH