RPC IV.4, 791

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 791
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ 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 ΠΡΟϹωΠΙΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Προσωπίτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of Prosopite, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Prosopites): young Harsomtous-Heracles standing, facing, head, left, raising finger to lips, wearing nemes-headscarf and hem-hem crown, holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.26 g
Axis 12
Reference D 6360, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS 11110–11, M 1840d, WG pp. 234–5, 2.4, III
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4009 SNG 2999
2 2     B: (I-B)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61432
4 4     O: HCR33370 M 1840d
5 5     Frankfurt Förschner 1375
6 6     ✸ Dattari = D 6360, pl. XXXVI (rev.)
7 7     DS 11110 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 374
8 8     Elsen 61 (18–19.03.2000), 993
9 9     Münzen & Medaillen Basel, list 183 (Sept. 1958), 61 (WG p. 235, n. 36)
10 10     Münzen & Medaillen Basel, list 263 (Apr. 1966), 76 (WG p. 235, n. 36)
11 11     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3775 (WG p. 235, n. 36)