RPC IV.4, 1742

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1742
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
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 ΙΗ (?)
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design winged caduceus, serpent heads crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.29 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1618/1, 3, 1624/1–2, 1743/1–4, 1744/1. 1–5: same rev. die as 1745/1–2. 6: same rev. die as 1746/2–8.
Note Date hard to read. Possibly altered from L ΙΖ to L ΙΗ on the die? The obverse die was carried over from year 17 into year 18.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.1098 BMC Suppl 3039 corr., pl. 8
2 2     ✸ NY: 1973.56.858
3 3     A: D 1870A(?) / 2899 /12461
4 4     A: D 1870A / 2898 / 12460
5 5     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 171 corr.
6 6     D 3019 corr.? = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 345