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
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 Lycurgus advancing, left, (head, right), arms raised, cutting down vine; behind, another vine; at feet, dog(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.06 g
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.))