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
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 ΜΕΝΦΕΙΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Μενφείτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of the Menphite, of year 8
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
Average weight 22.74 g
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