RPC IV.4, 434

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 434
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, facing, head, left, wearing veil and corn-wreath(?), holding poppies and ears of corn, and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.90 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference D 2508, pl. XI, Geissen 1388
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0715.53 BMC 1026
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60207
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1388