RPC IV.4, 835

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 835
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
Reverse design zodiac: jugate busts of Sarapis and Isis, left, within two circles of signs of zodiac anticlockwise with Aries at top, each sign coinciding
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2119 SNG 2337
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60368
3 3     NCirc 92, 10 (December, 1984), 7940 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 156
4 4     Roma Numismatics 5, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 803
5 5     Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Ebert II & Sess. C, 12 Jan. 2013, lot 6170
6 6     A D Philippidis coll. R-1994-10-06.001