RPC IV.4, 686

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 686
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 143/4
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 Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos and atef crown(?), ram's horn round ear; to left, serpent entwined around trident; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.21 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 8729, Geissen 1450, M 1773a
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Note The L of the date is reversed. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 885-6.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0820.49 BMC 1102
2 2     P: 2072 SNG 2291, Bakhoum 1999, p. 195, 76 (pl. XVII)
3 3     P: 2073 (Cousinéry) SNG 2292
4 4     Cop: 451
5 5     G SNG 4173 = MacDonald III, 467, no. 455
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61008
7 7     O: HCR33305 M 1773a
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1450
9 9     Milan SNG 1240
10 10     ✸ DS 8729 = Staffieri (Figari - Mosconi 710)