RPC IV.4, 1520

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1520
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ Τ ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) 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 Emperor (Antoninus Pius), standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 26.37 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 2–4: same obv. die as 1518/1–3, 1522/1–2, 4–6, 1572/1–2. 1–4: same rev. die.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60742
2 2     A: D 1841A / 2862 / 12045
3 3     CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 596 = CNG 41 (19. 3. 1997), 1186 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 199 = Matthijs
4 4     ✸ Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 216