RPC IV.4, 778

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 778
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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Ἡρακλεοπολίτης ἔτους ηʹ Ἡρακλεοπολίτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of Heracleopolites, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Herakleopolites): nude Herishef/Heracles standing, facing, head, left, lion skin over arm, holding griffin Petbe/Nemesis, and club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.92 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 6262, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS pl. 300, 10958, n. d., WG pp. 184–5, 1.16, IV
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0713.5 BMC 81
2 2     P: 4059 SNG 2972
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61413
4 4     A: D 3532 / 3941 / 5010
5 5     ✸ Cologne Karel de Geus 10 (16. 10. 2000), 2370 = DS pl. 300, n. d.
6 6     Frankfurt Förschner 1350
7 7     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, lot 588 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), 3725
8 8     M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 753 (WG p. 185, n. 66)
9 9     Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, list 183 (Sept. 1958), 58 (WG p. 185, n. 66)
10 10     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 721