RPC IV.4, 1539

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1539
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
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 paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath); before, dome inscribed ΙϚ, in front of which stands Genius (or beside which, Genius on back of another, inscribing dome); below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.95 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2765, pl. XIX (rev) (DS pl. 142, bottom right), DS 8648, DS Suppl pl 17, 95
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1888,0403.52 BMC 1153, pl. XXI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2316 SNG 2600
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3720
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60714
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60713
6 6     ✸ O: HCR33522
7 7     A: D 1837A / 2856 / 12050
8 8     Brussels: II,63.707 DS 8648 (Figari - Mosconi 679)
9 9     Aiello = DS Suppl pl 17, 95
10 10     Dattari
11 11     Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 595
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 657