RPC IV.4, 1273

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1273
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Edition ἔτους ιδʹ (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.08 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2488 corr. (DS), DS 8349, Geissen 1654
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Reverse type runs over to year 15 with recut date.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60625
2 2     ✸ A: D 1786A / 199/633
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1654
4 4     Milan SNG 1295
5 5     DS 8349 = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 380