RPC IV.4, 1522

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1522
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 eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.74 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8948, 12291 (on pl. 163)
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4–6: same obv. die as 1518/1–3, 1520/2–4, 1572/1–2.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60765
2 2     A: D 1845 / 2866 / 12044
3 3     Calgary: NG. 1993.2.146
4 4     Dattari
5 5     ✸ Dattari = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 287
6 6     DS 8948 = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 238 = VMR 3094 (Figari - Mosconi 790)