RPC IV.4, 90

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 90
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.22 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2817, pl. III (obv.), Geissen 1309
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 77/1.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1934 SNG 2140
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60114
3 3     A: D 1551A / 2435
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1309
5 5     Dattari
6 6     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 719