RPC IV.4, 779

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 779
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤ(Η[Ϲ) L Η
Reverse design nome (Hermopolites): Thot/Hermes, bearded, wearing atef crown, standing, facing, head, left, holding ibis and caduceus; at feet, baboon crowned with moon disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 6271, 6272, pl. XXXVI (rev.) (= DS 10931), DS pl. 298, 6272 (not = D 6272), 10932, n. d., WG p. 154, 1.13, III
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28798
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61415
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61414
5 5     NY: 1973.56.909
6 6     A: D 3520B / 299/1426
7 7     A: D 3520A / 4996
8 8     A: D 3520B / 308/1503
9 9     A: D 3520C / 309 / 1504
10 10     Cologne Karel de Geus 10 (16. 10. 2000), 2376 = Sternberg 12 (18–19. 11. 1982), 615 ex Dr H. Steger coll. = Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936), 1347
11 11     ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, lot 589
12 12     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 139
13 13     DS 10931 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 315
14 14     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 1347 corr. = Sternberg 12 (18. 11. 1982), 615
15 15     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3728
16 16     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3729
17 17     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3730