RPC IV.1, 4355 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4355 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ(ΑΝΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ ΥΠΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐ(σεβὴς) ὑπά(τος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian Antoninus Pius consul
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ὀδησσείτων
Translation of the Odessians
Reverse design Theos Megas standing, left(?), holding patera (over lighted altar?) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.89 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2240
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sotheby June 1896, coll. Bunbury
2 2     Plovdiv, National Museum, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, obverse legend obscure
3 3     St Petersburg
4 4     ✸ L: 1921-2-13-141, reverse with altar, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
5 5     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 633, pl. 25 = Jean Elsen 62 (24/06/2000), 291