RPC IV.4, 1521

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1521
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.13 g
Reference DS 8342
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1516/1, 1525/2, 1528/1, 1561/1–6, 1574/1.
Note On this die the inscription appears to begin ΑVΤΙΑΙΑΔΡ. This is clearly based on, and probably intended to be, the more usual ΑVΤΚΑΙΑΔΡ, but with the diagonals of the Κ missing or at any rate not visible.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8342 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 346