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
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 ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤ(Η[Ϲ) L Η
Edition Ἑρμοπολείτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Hermopolites, of year 8
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
Average weight 22.17 g
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