RPC IV.4, 1203

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1203
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
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 cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΡΙϹΚΑΙ(Δ)
Edition ἔτους τρισκαιδεκάτου (ἔτους) τρισκαιδ(εκάτου)
Translation of the 13th year
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia (from which issues Genius holding wreath); above, ΙϚ; (below, water plants)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.87 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Note On front-facing busts the traces of a cuirass may be minimal, so that there is little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing paludamentum, r.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2260 (Cousinéry) SNG 2260
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60610
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60617
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60612
6 6     A: D 1768B / 1896/7, I 339/626
7 7     ✸ Matthijs