Alexandria: Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) [ AL_1494 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Antoninus Pius mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Zodiacus: Mond in Krebs; Brustbild der Selene in Chiton über Mondsichel nach rechts, darunter Krebs von oben gesehen, davor im Feld rechts Stern; im Feld L Η |
| Depicted Person |
Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Zodiac
Selene (as a statue(tte), to the right, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Crescent (above)
Crab
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) Κ(ΑΙΣΑΡ) Τ(ΙΤΟΣ) ΑΙΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΑΔΡ(ΙΑΝΟΣ) - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ ΣΕ-Β(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΕΥΣ(ΕΒΗΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΕΥΣ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L - Η
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC IV.4, 849 | |
| Referenced type (Arch. Museum Uni Münster M 1712) | Arch. Museum Uni Münster M 1712 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
1082 Taf. 12
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Beschreibung)
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
2964
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
1662 Taf. 23
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.
1494
(This sample)
R. A. Haatvedt/E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis. The University of Michigan Excavations 1924-1935 (edited by E. M. Husselman), Ann Arbor 1964.
No.
335
B. Kapossy, Zuwachsverzeichnis 1967 und 1968, Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums, XLVII. und XLVIII. Jahrgang 1967 und 1968, 437f.
No.
3130
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
464
(Comparable: date obliterated)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1812
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
1605
(Comparable: Legendenende)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
71
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| Commentary | im Feld L Η | |
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
116f.
C. W. A. Carlson, Rarities 3 – The Zodiac Series, in: Journal of the Society for Ancient Numismatics 4 (1972-1973), 46-48 und 53.
S.
46f.
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