RPC IV.4, 846

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 846
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 zodiac, Mars in Scorpio: bust of Ares, right, wearing helmet and cuirass; below, scorpion, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1501
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1666A / 316/579 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 1, pl. 7, 2 (rev.)
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1501
3 3     SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 169
4 4     Sternberg 22 (20–21. 11. 1989), 306