RPC IV.4, 727

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 727
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Apollo Didymeus standing, facing, holding stag and bow; (to left, Egyptian altar)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2137, pl. IX (rev.), 2138, Geissen 1457
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58689
3 3     NY: 1973.56.740
4 4     A: D 1660 AA / 1687 /1896/7, I 313/575
5 5     A: D 1660 AAA / 1638 /1896/7, I 314/576
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1457
7 7     Winterthur: G 5786 GrMW III, 1713
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 137
9 9     DS 2137 (not = D 2137 (pl. IX)) = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 300
10 10     DS 2138 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 342
11 11     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 688