RPC IV.4, 306

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 306
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 ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.67 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3051, pl. XXIX (rev.), Geissen 1356
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60182
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60181
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1356
4 4     Aiello
5 5     ✸ Dattari = D 3051, pl. XXIX (rev.)