RPC IV.4, 627

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 627
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Heracles and the horses of Diomedes: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck, raising club, holding horse prancing, right, behind him; behind, at feet, fallen horse and body of Diomedes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8505
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2063 SNG 2273, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pl. 12m (rev.))
2 2     A: D 1956F / 223/764
3 3     A: D 1636 ter / 1896/7, IA 35/558
4 4     Bern: 83.17 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 176 no. 18
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 8505 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 209 corr. = CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1096 (Figari - Mosconi 623)
7 7     ✸ Niggeler 736 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pl. 5c (rev.)) = Triton 1 (2–3. 12. 1997), 731 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 155 (Staffieri)