RPC IV.4, 1056

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1056
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου (ἔτους) ἑνδεκάτου
Translation of the 11th year
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues holding wreath; (to left, ΙϚ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.02 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2730–1, Geissen 1584, M 1969
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1875,0503.16 BMC 1148
2 2     ✸ P: 2220 SNG 2470
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60521
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60520
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60522
6 6     O: HCR33429 M 1969
7 7     A: D 1731 / 2720 / 12409
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1584
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1887
10 10     Aiello
11 11     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 106
12 12     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 397
13 13     D 2730 = Münzen und Medaillen 26 (1996), 425 (Figari - Mosconi 667)
14 14     D 2731 = Münzen Auktion Essen 71 (1996), 469 (Figari - Mosconi 668)
15 15     Davissons E-19, 30 Mar. 2017, lot 41 = Stacks Mail Bid 23 Sept. 1989, lot 411
16 16     Elsen 86, 10 Dec. 2005, lot 540 = CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 291
17 17     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2158