RPC IV.4, 233

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 233
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβὴς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.35 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8412, DS Suppl pl 15, 47, Geissen 1345
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Rauch)
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3651
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60147
4 4     A: D 1588B / 1896/7, I 280/514
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1345
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 873
7 7     CV coll. = Kellner 7.9 = Kölner Münzkabinett 117 (22 Oct. 2022, lot 218) ex Naegeli coll. = stock F. Sternberg Zurich 1988
8 8     DS 8412 = Münzen und Medaillen 7 (1977), lot 437 (Figari - Mosconi 599)
9 9     Roma Numismatics XII, 29 Sept. 2016, lot 441 = Künker 304, 19 Mar. 2018, lot 1176