RPC IV.4, 91

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 91
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(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design (radiate-headed and) 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 24.36 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2815–16, 2866, pl. XXIV (rev.)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     A: 1551BB / 1897/8, IH 917/1452
3 3     A: D 1552C / 1896/7, IA 263/484
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2308
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 304 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection