RPC IV.4, 1540

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1540
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
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 ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; before, dome inscribed ΙϚ, in front of which stands Genius (or beside which, Genius on back of another, inscribing dome); below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.95 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2764, Geissen 1711, M 2230
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2314 SNG 2314
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60708
3 3     O: HCR33521 M 2230
4 4     O: HCR33527 M 2235
5 5     V: GR 24740
6 6     A: D 1838 B / 1481 / 1897/8, IH 938/1481
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1708
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1711
9 9     D 2764 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 344 = Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 307
10 10     Matthijs
11 11     ✸ Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 287 = Matthijs