RPC IV.4, 1196

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1196
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
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 front
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, bare-headed, wearing toga, on horseback, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.63 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2446 corr., DS 8304, Geissen 1637
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note On front-facing busts the traces of a cuirass may be minimal, so that there is little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing paludamentum, r. Reverse type possibly related to the equestrian figure of Marcus on a medallion of AD 149: Strack III, p. 65; no. 607 (pl. XXI).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2417 SNG 2509
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60591
3 3     V: GR 24702
4 4     A: D 1770B / 1897/8, IH 935/1477
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1637
6 6     Aiello
7 7     D 2446 = Münzen Auktion Essen 83 no. 250 (Figari - Mosconi 567) = Kölner Münzkabinett 49 (1989), 700 illustrated KG 35.467
8 8     DS 8304 = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 320
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 403 = Matthijs