RPC IV.4, 2192

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2192
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Edition ἔτους κδʹ (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design Eirene seated, left, holding patera over altar; to right, male figure wearing cloak, trousers and 'Phrygian' (Parthian/Armenian?) cap/helmet standing facing, head left, crowning her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.54 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2202/1, 2210/1.
Note Reading of date confirmed by obverse die-link. For Eirene cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24705. For the male figure cf. the similar figure with a ‘Phrygian cap’, cloak, tunic and trousers on a type at Athens, dating to about the AD 120s to 150s, which shows Miltiades dragging a bound Persian captive towards a trophy: RPC online IV.1, temp. no. 8221.
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