RPC IV.4, 631

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 631
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ] Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Heracles and the stables of Augeas: Heracles advancing, right, arms extended to wall of rocks, from which water flows; against rocks, mattock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 16, 61
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 403
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3679
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 16, 61 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 44 (pl. 7k (rev.)) = Bickelmann 33 (1975), 191 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 174