RPC IV.4, 1573

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1573
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription (Α)ΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
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 serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.82 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8688–9, Geissen 1721
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6, 12–13: same obv. die as 1515/4, 9–11.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28749
2 2     G SNG 4230 = MacDonald III, 472, no. 489, pl. LXXXVIII, 13 (rev.)
3 3     Mu: 411
4 4     O: HCR33538 M 2246
5 5     V: GR 24608
6 6     A: D 1835A / 2853 / 12054
7 7     Boston: 1985.1202
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1721
9 9     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 227
10 10     ✸ DS 8688 = Auctiones 17 (7. 12. 1988), 411 = CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1185; CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 779 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 138 (Staffieri)
11 11     DS 8688 = MMAG 17 (1988), 411 (Figari - Mosconi 701)
12 12     DS 8689 = Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1166 = Heidelberg Münzhandlung 20 (2000), 358 (Figari - Mosconi 702)
13 13     Kenneth W. Dorney coll.
14 14     Künker eLive 57, 3 Dec. 2019, lot 123
15 15     Matthijs
16 16     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 281