RPC IV.4, 734

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 734
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, with crescent on flank; before, Egyptian altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.98 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 8946, Geissen 1468
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.58 BMC 1175, pl. XXV (rev.)
2 2     P: 2156 SNG 2334
3 3     G SNG 4176 = MacDonald III, 467, no. 457
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60394
5 5     ✸ A: D 1683A / 2643 / 12353
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1468
7 7     Aiello
8 8     DS 8946 = Kölner Münzkabinett 67 (1997), 606 (Figari - Mosconi 789)
9 9     Matthijs
10 10     Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 284 = Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 388
11 11     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 314