RPC IV.4, 469

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 469
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Heracles and the Erymanthian boar: Heracles (youthful), lion skin over shoulder, advancing, right, carrying boar over shoulder; to right, Eurystheus in storage jar, raising arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2595, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8483, DS Suppl pl 16, 59, Geissen 1881
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.455 BMC 1045
2 2     ✸ P: 2037 SNG 2227, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 23 (pl. 3f)
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60214
5 5     A: D 1623 / 2540 / 12366
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1881
7 7     Frankfurt Förschner 577
8 8     D 2595, pl. XV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 271
9 9     Dattari = D 2595, pl. XV (rev.)
10 10     DS Suppl pl 16, 59 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 163
11 11     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2288