RPC IV.4, 1800

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1800
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ[Ϲ (?)
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 ΙΘ
Edition ἔτους ιθʹ (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design crowned bust of Harpocrates, right, wearing taenia and skhent, raising finger to lips; behind, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.28 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8455
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1973.56.859
3 3     DS 8455 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 487