RPC IV.4, 396

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 396
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ [ΕΥ]ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design to left, Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia, seated, right, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs; to right, Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, left, holding wreath and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.93 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2775, pl. XX (rev.), M 1725
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33293 M 1725
2 2     ✸ A: D 1800A / 201/642
3 3     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 322 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
4 4     D 2775 (pl. XX (rev.)) = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 311
5 5     Dattari = D 2775, pl. XX (rev.)
6 6     Matthijs