RPC IV.4, 562

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 562
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription [ ]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription [ ]
Reverse design temple with two papyriform columns and rounded pediment, enclosing statue of Hermanubis standing facing, head left, holding palm-leaf and caduceus; at his feet, jackal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference DS 8889
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Probably year 5. This is the only year in the Antonine period with a parallel for a temple with two papyriform columns and rounded pediment other than for Isis with the infant Harpocrates: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/22865 (adult Harpocrates alone). The year also has other types with a temple of Hermanubis. The style of the obverse suits year 5 well, although the degree of wear makes it hard to identify a die-lnk with any certainty. Hermanubis appears in a temple with a rounded pediment but with classical columns in year 7: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69150; an attribution to that year is less likely on the basis of the style of the obverse.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8889 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 292 = Matthijs