RPC IV.4, 955

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 955
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 griffin seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 905/1, 953/1–3, 958/1–2, 5–8.
Note The traces of the cuirass and paludamentum are slight but clear.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1701A / 2673 / 11996