RPC IV.4, 763

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 763
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design Lycurgus advancing, left, (head, right), arms raised, cutting down vine; behind, another vine; at feet, dog(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1055
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The variant obverse legend with ΑΔΡΙΑ depends on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/117211, which is tooled; it is not otherwise recorded for this year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.56 BMC 1055
2 2     ✸ L: 1866,1201.3931 BMC 1056, pl. VI (rev.) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 89 (pl. 20l (rev.))