RPC IV.4, 1722

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1722
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Sarapis standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.63 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2852 corr. (DS), Geissen 1748
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1690/1–3, 1698/1–2, 1727/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1748
2 2     ✸ D 2852 corr. = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 232 = Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 308