RPC III, 6062

 

Image of specimen #39

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6062
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Issue L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ or L ΙΘ = year 19
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ ΗΡΩΟϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Antinous wearing hemhem crown, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design Antinous riding on horse, right, holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 40 (20 in the core collections)
Note Blum p. 54 nos. 4-10: V 24523; B, A 2402; A 2403a; A 2403; B; L; Mu; Cop 399-400; D2080; A 2409; V 24527. For an Antinous fake made from a Nilus reverse see V39346 (23.49 g; 11h). The following are also probably false: A Dem 2403; 2404 (head l.); 2410 (head l.)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1917
2 2     B: 28798
3 3     B: 477/1880
4 4     B: 72/1886
5 5     G: 399
6 6     Mu
7 7     Mu
8 8 –15     NY
16 16     O: HCR33251 M 1480
17 17     O: HCR33252 M 1481
18 18     V: GR 24522
19 19     V: GR 24523
20 20     V: GR 24526
21 21     A: 6723
22 22     A: Dem 1532
23 23     A: ΔΚ197
24 24     Boston: 35.233
25 25     Brussels: 628
26 26     Cologne Geissen 1275
27 27     Cologne Geissen 1276
28 28     D2080
29 29     D2081 = MMAG 7, 1977, lot 433 (Figari - Mosconi 430)
30 30     D2082
31 31     DS8003 = Kunst und Munzen 5, 1970, lot 198 (Figari - Mosconi 426)
32 32     DS8004 = Kunst und Munzen XXII, 1981, lot 314 (Figari - Mosconi 427)
33 33     DS8005 = Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8164 (Figari - Mosconi 428)
34 34     DS8006 = Ars et Nummus 1–2, 1973, lot 235 (Figari - Mosconi 431)
35 35     Yale: 2001.87.3950
36 36     Stanford University
37 37     Aiello coll.
38 38     Freiburg: 12615
39 39     ✸ CNG Triton XXIV, 19 Jan. 2021, lot 921 (ex Roma VIII, 28 Mar. 2014, lot 787; Roma Numismatics V, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 797)
40 40     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2931 = ETB coll., ex Künker auction 347, lot 149