RPC III, 6074


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6074
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
Edition	Ἀντινόου ἥρωος
Translation	of the hero Antinous
Obverse design	bare-headed and draped (on left front shoulder) bust of Antinous wearing hemhem crown, right
Reverse inscription	L ΙΘ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation	of year 19
Reverse design	Antinous galloping on horse, right, holding caduceus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	14.54 g
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	See /2 and /4 for doubts about authenticity.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1929,0402.1	BMC 2930	27	13.69		Show
2	2	P: AA.GR.5500		27	15.08	27 mm. The coin does not look very convincing in terms of fabric, but may perhaps be genuine. Many thanks to D. Gerin for discussing it. See also /4	Show
3	3		Curtis			Curtis, Survey, pl.XXXI	Show
4	4		NAC 62, 6 Oct. 2011, lot 2034, ex Freeman & Sear Fixed Price List 6, 2001, F113.	31	14.86	The flaws are exactly the same as on /2, suggesting that one is a cast of the other or that both are casts of another piece.	Show