RPC IV.4, 524

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 524
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ L Ε
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος ἔτους εʹ Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus, of year 5
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription [L Ε]
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design judgement of Paris: Aphrodite, with Eros flying at shoulder, Hera, and Athena standing on rocks; to left, Paris and Hermes standing; before rocks, animals
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.47 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 421/1, 454/1, 461/1–2, 517/1–4. 1–2: same rev. die as 525/1–3.
Note SAN 5, 4 (1972–3), 61-2; SAN 6, 3 (1975), 40–2 (die Ad).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 212 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 220 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 109 (pl. 22, b) = KG 35.154 (illustrated)
2 2     ✸ Niggeler 729 = Münzen und Medaillen 13 (1954), 948 = Numismatica Ars Classica / Spink Taisei 16. 11. 1994, 841 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 161 (Staffieri)