RPC IV.4, 456

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 456
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ] Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ[
Edition --- Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντ--- [---] Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντ[---]
Translation [---] Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L [Ε(?)
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Heracles and Cerberus: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, club over shoulder, dragging Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 28.62 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 8500
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 457/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.857
2 2     DS 8500 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 256