RPC IV.4, 79

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 79
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nilus riding on hippopotamus, left, holding corn ears and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.75 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60112
2 2     V: GR 24782
3 3     ✸ CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 88