RPC IV.4, 570

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 570
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ[ωΝΙΝΟϹ] [
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear (?)
Reverse inscription [L Ε] (?)
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference D 2931
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari read the Ɛ of the date. Otherwise it would be tempting to attribute the coin to year 4, when the type is paralleled: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/22636.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 2931