RPC IV.4, 769

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 769
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius, and reed; (before, dome); above ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.94 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2749, DS Suppl pl 18, 103
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 770/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60331
2 2     Dattari
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 18, 103 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 315
4 4     Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 199