RPC IV.4, 234

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 234
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(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 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 Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.61 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2536, DS 8410–11, Geissen 1344, M 1680
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1990 SNG 2179
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1934.21.65
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60145
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60146
6 6     O: HCR33268 M 1680
7 7     V: GR 24562
8 8     A: D 1589 / 2488
9 9     A: D 1594A / 2494
10 10     A: D 1594B / 2495
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1344
12 12     Leeds-UL: 481
13 13     Matthijs
14 14     ✸ Peus 360 (27. 4. 1999), 699 = Classical Numismatic Review 25 (Summer / Fall 2000), 72 = Staffieri = DS 8410 = Münzen Auktion Essen 71 (1997), lot 461 (Figari - Mosconi 598)