RPC IV.4, 1618

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1618
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 ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design winged caduceus, serpent heads crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.99 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8878
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 1624/1–2, 1742/1–6, 1743/1–4, 1744/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60762
2 2     NY: 0000.999.25313
3 3     ✸ DS 8878 = Aiello