RPC IV.4, 774

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 774
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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛωΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ L Η
Edition Ἀπολλωνοπολίτ(ης) (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Apollonopolites, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Apollonopolites): Horus-Behedeti/Apollo standing, right, crowned with skhent, holding sceptre and hawk, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.89 g
Axis 12
Reference D 6203, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS pl. 294, 10866–7, n. d., Geissen 3432, WG p. 63, 1.2, III
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0707.3 BMC 94
2 2     P: 3915 SNG 2913
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61412
5 5     A: D 3500 / 4965 / 3915
6 6     Cologne Geissen 3432
7 7     Frankfurt Förschner 1343
8 8     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 279
9 9     CNA 14 (20.3. 1991), 568
10 10     ✸ D 6203, pl. XXXVI (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 272
11 11     DS pl. 294, 10866 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 318
12 12     Ibrahim Sherif coll.
13 13     M. Hassan Ismail coll.