RPC IV.4, 351

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 351
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design griffin seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3121
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–9: same pair of dies.
Note Progressive die-breaks to lower reverse die confuses reading of date on some specimens.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2007 SNG 2444
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3749
4 4     O: HCR34371 M 1925b corr.
5 5     A: 2423a / 198
6 6     A: D 1598B / 2505
7 7     D 3121 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 300
8 8     ✸ Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 605
9 9     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 317