RPC IV.4, 782

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 782
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΛΙΒΥΗ L Η
Reverse design nome (Libya): Ammon-Ra standing, facing, head, right, crowned with ram's horns, winged disk and uraei, holding sceptre and ram with sun disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS pl. 303 (top), 10991, M 1840b, WG pp. 280–1, 2.8, II
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1930,0622.20 BMC Suppl N.117 = NC 5th series 12 (1932), 213 no. 12, pl. XVI (rev.), ex Peckitt
2 2     ✸ O: HCR33367 M 1840b
3 3     A: D 3591A / 5102
4 4     DS pl. 303 (top) = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 392