RPC III, 6228

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6228
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Issue L KA = year 21
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ ΗΡΩΟϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare-headed and draped, bust of Antinous wearing hemhem crown, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design Antinous riding on horse, right, holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
Note Blum pp. 55-56 nos. 15-21: B (2); B, D2086; A 152/477; A 153/478; B; B; V 24525; P. Probably also O1493 (‘L K’); see commentary on year 20. For a piece excavated on the site of Tell el-Farama, near to Pelusium, see P.P. Koemoth, ‘Antinoüs en Égypte: une approche numismatique’, BSÉG 28 (2008-10), p. 79 (‘elle confirme l’usage sacré de ces pièces là où le jeune héros bénéficiait d’un culte’).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1851,0628.1 BMC 925
2 2     P: 1920
3 3     B: 28798
4 4     B: 28884
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     NY: 1944.100.58534
9 9     NY: 1974.26.3513
10 10     A: 152/477
11 11     D2087 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 95 (Figari - Mosconi 439)
12 12     D2088
13 13     ✸ D2089 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 96 (Figari - Mosconi 440)
14 14     DS8013 = Staffieri (Figari - Mosconi 438)
15 15     GM 175 (2009) lot 183
16 16     O: HCR33253 M 1493
17 17     V: GR 24524
18 18     R. Pudill coll. (ex Peus 400, 22 Apr. 2010, lot 410)