RPC IV.4, 948

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 948
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 145/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αἴλίος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴλ(ίος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrian Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους ἐνάτου (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of the ninth year
Reverse design bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; before, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.17 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8605, Geissen 1519, M 1881
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5538 (Doubles 179) SNG 2400
2 2     ✸ O: HCR34366 M 1881
3 3     A: D 1699 / 2670 /11114
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1519
5 5     Frankfurt Förschner 620
6 6     DS 8605 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 2025, lot 185