RPC IV.4, 785

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 785
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 ΜΕΝΔΗϹΙΟϹ L Η
Edition Μενδῆσιος (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Mendesios, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Mendesios): bearded Ba-neb-djedet/Mendes standing, facing, head, right, wearing atef crown, with sun disk between two uraei on ram's horns, holding long sceptre and goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.85 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 6307, pl. XXXVI (rev.) (= DS 11022), WG p. 342, 2.18, IV
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 30
2 2     B: 19745
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61419
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61420
5 5     Cologne M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 765
6 6     Dattari = D 6307, pl. XXXVI (rev.) (= DS 11022)
7 7     J. Elsen, Brussels, 58 (12.06.1999), 1620
8 8     NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2559 = CNA 14 (20.3. 1991), 573