RPC IV.4, 854

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 854
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, left, veiled and crowned with disk, (sickle at shoulder); below, capricorn, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.47 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2975, Geissen 1505
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1505
3 3     Frankfurt Förschner 607
4 4     Auctiones 7 (1977), 443 illustrated KG 35.272