RPC IV.4, 1541

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1541
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; before, dome, in front of which stands Genius; below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 28.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Portrait intermediate between head and bust.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: TOW.1827 BMC 1152, pl. XXI (rev.)