RPC IV.4, 996

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 996
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the Stymphalian birds: Heracles standing, right, wearing lion skin, quiver at side, shooting upwards with bow and arrow; to right, two birds falling from sky; (behind, club)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2587, pl. XV (rev.), 2588, DS Suppl pl 16, 56, Geissen 1538, M 1915d
Specimens 21 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.46 BMC 1049
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 473
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60432
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60431
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60433
7 7     O: HCR33406 M 1915d
8 8     A: D 1717A / 2699 / 12430
9 9     ✸ A: D 1717 / 2698 /12434
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1538
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 200
13 13     D 2587, pl. XV (rev.)
14 14     D 2587, pl. XV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 352
15 15     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 16, 56
16 16     Helios 8, 13 Oct. 2012, lot 77
17 17     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 205 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 28 (pl. 4a (rev.)) = Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35050
18 18     Niggeler 747
19 19     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 335
20 20     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 321 = Matthijs
21 21     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy