RPC IV.4, 1981

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1981
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ) ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ](Ϲ) (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition ἔτους καʹ (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Isis Sothis, holding cornucopia and sceptre, riding, right, on dog running, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.01 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2683, DS 8582, DS Suppl pl 16, 76
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1991/1. 2–3: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24763
2 2     D 2683 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 216
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 16, 76 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 319
4 4     Matthijs