RPC IV.4, 817

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 817
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 bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design temple with two columns, enclosing Sarapis seated, left, holding long sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.71 g
Axis 12
Reference D 8903
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1954.181.7
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60378
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60381
4 4     ✸ Brussels: II,63.703 DS 8903 (Figari - Mosconi 772)
5 5     MünzZentrum 47 (10. 11. 1982), 328