RPC IV.4, 542

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 542
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἄδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos, ram's horn round ear; before, trident with serpent twined round it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.45 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 358
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61009
3 3     A: D 1607A / 2517
4 4     A: D 1607 / 2516
5 5     Winterthur: G 5784 GrMW III, 1711
6 6     CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 909? = CNG 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1509; Col. James W. Curtis Collection
7 7     ✸ Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1792
8 8     Münzen und Medaillen 13 (17. 6. 1954), 950