RPC IV.4, 472

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 472
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, grasping Hydra by serpent heads, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2598
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60213
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60149
3 3     A: D 1623A / 2541 / 12367
4 4     Dattari = D 2598
5 5     Paul-Francis Jacquier 29 (Summer 2002), 284 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 151(Staffieri)