Alexandria: Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) [ AL_1737 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Antoninus Pius mit Lorbeerkranz nach links, Paludamentum | Brustbild des Ammon mit Scheibe und Horn in Himation nach rechts; im Feld L IΗ |
| Depicted Person |
Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the left, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Iuppiter Ammon (in portrait, wearing)
Disc (worn)
Horn of Ammon (worn)
Himation (worn)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) Κ(ΑΙΣΑΡ) Τ(ΙΤΟΣ) ΑΙΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΑΔΡ(ΙΑΝΟΣ) ΑΝΤ]ΩΝΙΝΟ-Σ ΣΕΒ(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 Ι-Η
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC IV.4, 1681 | |
| 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.
1737
(This sample)
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
1839
(Comparable: Tête laurée d'Antonin, à gauche)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
83
(Comparable)
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