Alexandria: Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) [ AL_1390 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Antoninus Pius mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Eros reitet auf Delphin nach links; hält etwas (Chelys ?) in der Rechten; im Feld unten L Ε |
| Depicted Person |
Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Eros (riding, to the left, holding)
Dolphin (swimming, to the left)
Chelys (held)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) Κ(ΑΙΣΑΡ) Τ(ΙΤΟΣ) ΑΙΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΑΔΡ(ΙΑΝΟΣ) - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower field
:
L Ε
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC IV.4, 604 | |
| Reference Literature |
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. II (Hadrian – Antoninus Pius Nr. 741-1994), Opladen 1978.
No.
1390
(This sample)
T.E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, Supplément, t. IX, Paris 1837.
No.
363
(Comparable)
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