RPC IV.4, 922

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 922
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 145/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους ἐνάτου (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of the ninth year
Reverse design Ares standing, facing, head, right, resting on spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.26 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2461, pl. IX (rev.), DS Suppl pl 14, 27, Geissen 1516, M 1865
Specimens 18 (10 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2894.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.237 BMC 1037, pl. IV (rev.)
2 2     L: 1844,0425.2389 BMC 1038
3 3     P: 2174 SNG 2385
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop: 466
6 6     G SNG 4193 = MacDonald III, 469, no. 469
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60399
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60400
9 9     O: HCR33371 M 1865
10 10     V: GR 24646
11 11     A: D 1695 / 2662 / 12385
12 12     A: D 1695A / 2663 / 12384
13 13     Cologne Geissen 1516
14 14     Frankfurt Förschner 616
15 15     Aiello
16 16     DS Suppl pl. 14, 27 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 263
17 17     Matthijs
18 18     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 840