RPC IV.4, 993

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 993
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 Nemean lion: nude Heracles (youthful) standing, right, grasping lion by the jaws and lifting it; behind, club (and bow)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2592, pl. XV (rev.), 2593, Geissen 1535, M 1910
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms (?).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.67 BMC 1044, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2201 SNG 2434
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4197 = MacDonald III, 470, no. 472
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60435
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60434
7 7     O: HCR33392
8 8     O: HCR33393 M 1910
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1535 = ZPE 50 (1983), pl. XVII, 4
10 10     Milan SNG 1266
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 190
13 13     D 2592 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 296
14 14     D 2592, pl. XV (rev.)
15 15     ✸ D 2593 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 341
16 16     Dattari
17 17     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 407
18 18     Matthijs
19 19     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 189 = CNG EA 445, 5 June 2019, lot 288
20 20     Staffieri
21 21     Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 14 (pls. 1c; 12b) (Trade, Basel)