RPC IV.4, 475

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 475
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ [ΕΥϹΕΒ (?)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Heracles and the Nemean lion: Heracles (youthful) standing, right, dragging lion in strangle-hold from its cave; behind, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2589, DS 8480
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 2589 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 232
2 2     ✸ DS 8480 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 204 (Figari - Mosconi 613) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 14 (pl. 1d)