RPC IV.4, 1556

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1556
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
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, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos and taenia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.21 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8677, Geissen 1714
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.832
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1714
3 3     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 332 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of).
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2319