RPC IV.4, 787

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 787
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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)
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 ΜΕΝΕΛΑΕΙΤ(ΗϹ) L Η
Edition Μενελαείτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Menelaites, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Menelaites): Harpocrates, with lower body of a crocodile, crowned with skhent, standing, left, raising finger to lips, holding cornucopia; (before, Egyptian altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.12 g
Axis 1, 2, 11, 12
Reference D 6315–19, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS 11035–40, 11042–51, DS Suppl pl 29, 16–18, 21, Geissen 3435, M 1829a, WG p. 278, 2.8, III, 1a-b
Specimens 81 (24 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 737/9.
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1115.11 BMC 35
2 2     L: 1840,0713.10 BMC 36
3 3     P: 4056 SNG 3030
4 4     P: Delepierre 105 SNG 3031
5 5     P: 4057 SNG 3032
6 6     P: 4057a SNG 3033
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: (I-B)
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     Cop: 1123
11 11     Mu
12 12     Mu: 2 Acc. 19927
13 13     Mu: 3 Acc. 19928
14 14     NY: 1944.100.61426
15 15     NY: 1944.100.61425
16 16     NY: 1944.100.61423
17 17     NY: 1974.227.7
18 18     NY: 1944.100.61422
19 19     NY: 1974.26.3804
20 20     NY: 1944.100.61421
21 21     NY: 1944.100.61424
22 22     O: HCR33369
23 23     O: HCR33354 M 1829a
24 24     O: HCR33368 M 1840c
25 25     A: D 3588 / 5098
26 26     A: D 3588 bis / 5098
27 27     A: 7135b
28 28     A: 7135a
29 29     A: 5097
30 30     Brussels Bricault, RBN 149 (2003), 43–58, no. 38 = H. Willems and W. Clarysse (eds.), Les Empereurs du Nil, 2000, p. 164, 41 (WG p. 278–9, n. 57)
31 31     Cologne Geissen 3435
32 32     Cologne Geissen 3436
33 33     Cologne Geissen 3437
34 34     Cologne Geissen 3438
35 35     Frankfurt Förschner 1366
36 36     Frankfurt Förschner 1367
37 37     IMJ: 14706 Cat. Iside, p. 575 no.VI.46 (WG p. 278, n. 57)
38 38     Michigan Karanis 384 (WG p. 278, n. 57)
39 39     Milan SNG 1358
40 40     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 283
41 41     CNA 21 (26.06.1992), 556 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
42 42     CNA 21 (26.06.1992), 557 (WG p. 278, n. 56) = CNG 39 (18. 9. 1996), 1060
43 43     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 717
44 44     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1295
45 45     Dattari
46 46     Dattari = D 6317
47 47     Dattari = D 6318, pl. XXXVI (rev.)
48 48     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 29, 21
49 49     DS 11035 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 445
50 50     DS 11038 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 386
51 51     DS 11043 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 334 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 330
52 52     DS 11048 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 340
53 53     DS 11049 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 323
54 54     DS 11050 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 246
55 55     DS 11051 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 338
56 56     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 645
57 57     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 646 = Matthijs
58 58     Elsen 58 (12.06.1999), 1622 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
59 59     Elsen 58 (12.06.1999), 1623 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
60 60     F. Jarman Coll.
61 61     Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3071, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 32117
62 62     Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 279
63 63     Jacquier list 33 (Autumn 2005), 300 (WG p. 278 n. 56)
64 64     Karel de Geus 10 (16. 10. 2000), 2390
65 65     Kölner Münzkabinett 67 (12–13.11.1997), 631 (WG p. 278, n. 57)
66 66     M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 768 (WG p. 278 n. 56)
67 67     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 12 (11.04.2003), 726 (WG p. 278, n. 57)
68 68     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 4, 19 Mar. 1999, lot 259 (WG p. 278, n. 57) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 194
69 69     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.03.1936), 1357 (WG p. 278 n. 57)
70 70     MünzZentrum Köln 52 (12.11.1984), 1355 (WG p. 278 n. 56)
71 71     NAC P, 12 May 2005, lot 2061
72 72     Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 341 from the Dattari collection
73 73     Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 217
74 74     NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2560
75 75     Niggeler 744
76 76     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3753 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
77 77     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3754 (WG p. 278, n. 57)
78 78     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3755 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
79 79     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3756 = Empire Coins 2 (30.09.1984), 124 (WG p. 278, n. 56–7)
80 80     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3757 (WG p. 278, n. 56)
81 81     Staffieri