RPC IV.4, 91

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 91
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβὴς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design (radiate-headed and) draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.36 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2815–16, 2866, pl. XXIV (rev.)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     A: 1551BB / 1897/8, IH 917/1452
3 3     A: D 1552C / 1896/7, IA 263/484
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2308
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 304 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection