RPC IV.2, 1962 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1962 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Antoninus Pius Group 2: bare-headed bust
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αἴλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν
Translation of the Sardians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus, resting left arm on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.64 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Istanbul: 9079 Sardis Excavations (1910–14), 290 = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 437
2 2     Savoca Coins Blue 264th Weekly Blue, 19 Apr. 2025, lot 286 (Saitta)