RPC IV.4, 739

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 739
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(Ι) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design Apollo Didymeus, holding (stag and) bow, standing, facing; either side, two Nemeses facing him, one on right holds cubit-rule
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2451, DS 8309–10
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.839
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60311
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60310
4 4     A: D 1670A / 2624 / 12115
5 5     Aiello
6 6     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 193
7 7     DS 8310 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), lot 363 (Figari - Mosconi 571)
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1181 = Naville Numismatics 23, 12 June 2016, lot 252 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection
9 9     Hess 251 (7. 5. 1981), 161
10 10     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 694 (obv. type?)