RPC IV.4, 1718

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1718
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Sarapis (or possibly emperor on some?) standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.54 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2441 corr.?, Geissen 1747
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9: same rev. die as 1692/1.
Note On some the kalathos is clear. One die appears to have no kalathos, hence some ambiguity about the identification of the figure. Maybe it should be interpreted as Sarapis with the kalathos omitted or maybe as the emperor.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2335 SNG 2335
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60798
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60777
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3727
5 5     V: GR 24742
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1747
7 7     Aiello
8 8     DS 2441 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 353
9 9     ✸ Elsen 64 (2. 12. 2000), 883
10 10     Matthijs
11 11     private coll.