RPC IV.4, 451

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 451
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 ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design jugate busts of Helios, radiate-headed and draped, and Selene, wearing taenia(?), right; before, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.96 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2583, pl. XIII (rev.), DS 8476, Geissen 1879
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2354 BMC 1032
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     V: GR 24716
4 4     ✸ A: 2801 / 12011
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1879
6 6     Milan SNG 1236
7 7     Aiello
8 8     D 2583, pl. XIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 334 = Matthijs
9 9     DS 8476 = Kunst und Münzen 42 (1980), 91 (Figari - Mosconi 612)