RPC IV.4, 1743

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1743
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.29 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2548, DS 8429–30, Geissen 1738
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1618/1, 3, 1624/1–2, 1742/1–6, 1744/1.
Note On one die it looks as though the date may have been recut from L ΙΖ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2061 SNG 2655
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1738
3 3     ✸ D 2548 = Aiello
4 4     DS 8429 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 302