RPC IV.4, 803

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 803
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 ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ 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 L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design winged sphinx, wearing basileion, seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.25 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3087, Geissen 1480, M 1834
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60391
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60387
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3671
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60390
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60389
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60388
7 7     O: HCR33359 M 1834
8 8     O: HCR33360 M 1835
9 9     A: D 1682A / 1897/8, IH 929/1467
10 10     ✸ A: D 1682 / 2640 / 12350
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1480
12 12     Cologne Geissen 1481
13 13     Cologne Geissen 1482
14 14     D 3087 = Kölner Münzkabinett 67 (1997), 608 (Figari - Mosconi 785)
15 15     Numismatic Fine Arts Mail Bid Sale 12. 10. 1988, coll. Brauer, 880