RPC IV.4, 627

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 627
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἄδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) Ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Heracles and the horses of Diomedes: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck, raising club, holding horse prancing, right, behind him; behind, at feet, fallen horse and body of Diomedes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.02 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8505
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2063 SNG 2273, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pl. 12m (rev.))
2 2     A: D 1956F / 223/764
3 3     A: D 1636 ter / 1896/7, IA 35/558
4 4     Bern: 83.17 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 176 no. 18
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 8505 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 209 corr. = CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1096 (Figari - Mosconi 623)
7 7     ✸ Niggeler 736 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pl. 5c (rev.)) = Triton 1 (2–3. 12. 1997), 731 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 155 (Staffieri)