RPC IV.4, 958

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 958
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 ΕΝΑΤΟ(Υ)
Edition ἔτους ἐνάτου (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of the ninth year
Reverse design hawk standing, right, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.05 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8990, Geissen 1517
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5–8: same obv. die as 905/1, 953/1–3, 955/1.
Note The traces of the cuirass and paludamentum are slight but clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2182 SNG 2407
2 2     B: 28783
3 3     NY: 1973.56.856
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61026
5 5     ✸ A: D 1701 / 2672 / 11997
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1517
7 7     Aiello
8 8     Münzen und Medaillen 7 (12–13. 10. 2000), 347 = CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 418
9 9     Paul-Francis Jacquier 24 (Spring 2000), 275