RPC IV.4, 461

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 461
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ L Ε
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Heracles and Pholus: to left, forepart of centaur leaning on staff; to right, Heracles seated on lion skin on rocks, right, head, left, reaching out to centaur, holding lyre; against rocks, club; left field framed by vine; to right, attendant and crater on stand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 421/1, 454/1, 517/1–4, 524/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60963 SAN 6, 3 (1975), 41 (not illustrated)
2 2     ✸ Vat: Mt.Gr.Aegyptus.NummiAlexandrini.702 Zoëga p. 176, no. 117 (pl. XI)