RPC IV.4, 572

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 572
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus) ; Faustina I (Diva)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ (?)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius), bare-headed, wearing toga, holding scroll, standing, right, clasping hands with Faustina I, veiled, standing, left, holding long sceptre; between, thymiaterion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2443, DS Suppl pl 14, 25
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/22759.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 672-1948
2 2     D 2443 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 276
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 14, 25 = Aiello