RPC IV.4, 797

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 797
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Sarapis standing, facing, holding taenia; either side, Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned to him, resting on spear (and/or holding whip)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.98 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8724
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 798/1–2. 2, 4, 6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1877,1001.4 BMC 1109, pl. XV (rev.)
2 2     P: 2138 SNG 2316, Bakhoum 1999, p. 195, 79 (pl, XVII)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61018
4 4     A: D 1670 / 2623 / 12114
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 8724 = Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 651 = Ars et Nummus 6–9 (1976), 371 (Figari - Mosconi 707)
7 7     ✸ Matthijs