RPC IV.4, 214

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 214
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
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 Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design bust of Ares (or Alexander?), right, wearing cuirass and helmet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.08 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2458
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Jerome Mairat has suggested that this might be a helmeted head of Alexander, as on obverses of coins of the Koinon of Macedonia (e.g. RPC VI, temp. no. 384).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.356 BMC 1035
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60979
3 3     D 2458 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 214
4 4     ✸ Peus 360 (27. 4. 1999), 698 = CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 591