RPC IV.4, 784

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 784
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 ΜΕΝΦΕΙΤΗϹ L Η
Reverse design nome (Memphites): Isis standing, right, wearing vulture headdress, holding sceptre and serpent (Uraeus); behind, Apis-bull standing, right, with sun disk between horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 6302, pl. XXXVI (rev.), WG p. 215, 2.1, IV
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. Lead casts: Geissen 3489 with references.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1881,0901.2 BMC 25
2 2     P: 2003.93 = Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 725 = M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 763 SNG 2989
3 3     B: 531/1875
4 4     V: GR 26169
5 5     ✸ A: D 3541 / 5025
6 6     Cologne Kölner Münzkabinett 67 (12–13. 11. 1997), 630 = Curtis p. 59, pl. XLIII (bottom row, right)
7 7     D 6302, pl. XXXVI (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 424 = Matthijs
8 8     Künker 248, 14 Mar. 2014, lot 7524
9 9     Münzen und Medaillen 13 (17. 6. 1954), 963