RPC IV.4, 1737

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1737
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 (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design laureate-headed and draped bust of Zeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2914–15 (possibly confused in DS), Geissen 1752, M 2217 corr.
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 8, 10: same obv. die as 1548/1, 1700/1–6, 1708/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Suppl 2976 corr.?
2 2     O: HCR33548 M 2217 corr.
3 3     A: D 1889(?) / 2923 / 12262
4 4     ✸ A: D 1857A / 2882 / 12306
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1752
6 6     CNG Mail Bid Sale 76/2 (12. 9. 2007), 3159
7 7     D 2914 = Kölner Münzkabinett 70 (1999), 335 (Figari - Mosconi 725)
8 8     DS 2915 = Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2321 = Ars et Nummus 3–4 (1973), 285 (Figari - Mosconi 726)
9 9     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 599
10 10     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 813 = Matthijs