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
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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
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
Average weight 23.51 g
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).
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# Specimen 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