RPC IV.4, 845

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 845
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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Mars in Scorpio: bust of Ares, right, wearing helmet and cuirass; below, scorpion, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.96 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference D 2971, pl. XXVI (rev.), M 1819
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1935.117.779
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60351
3 3     O: HCR33342 M 1819
4 4     V: GR 24624
5 5     Boston: 1998.532
6 6     ✸ D 2971 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 187
7 7     Matthijs = Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 4 May 2019, lot 149 = Schenk-Behrens 87, 2004, lot 222