RPC IV.4, 798

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 798
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ[ΕΒ ΕΥϹ (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Sarapis standing, facing, holding taenia; either side, Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned to him, resting on spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.37 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 797/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     A: D 1947 / 2998 / 12231