RPC IV.4, 525

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 525
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design judgement of Paris: Aphrodite, with Eros flying at shoulder, Hera, and Athena standing on rocks; to left, Paris and Hermes standing; before rocks, animals
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8848, Geissen 1406, M 1764 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 524/1–2.
Note SAN 6, 3 (1975), 40–2 (Ad Hera standing).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33312 M 1764 corr.
2 2     ✸ Bern: 80.533 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 175 no. 12
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1406