RPC IV.4, 748

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 748
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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 L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.36 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2540
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1924,1215.2 BMC Suppl 2990
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60313
3 3     A: D 1681A / 2639 / 12349
4 4     D 2540 = Aiello
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2300