RPC IV.4, 953

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 953
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 145/6
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους ἐνάτου (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of the ninth year
Reverse design dolphin, downwards, around trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.41 g
Axis 12
Reference M 1883*
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 905/1, 955/1, 958/1–2, 5–8.
Note The traces of the cuirass and paludamentum are slight but clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34369 M 1883*
2 2     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1148
3 3     ✸ Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 909