RPC IV.4, 884

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 884
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 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
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, holding palm-branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2693, DS 8589, Geissen 1475
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60324
2 2     ✸ A: 2644a / 219
3 3     Brussels: II,63.704 D 2693 (Figari - Mosconi 657)
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1475
5 5     DS 8589 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 218