RPC IV.4, 806

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 806
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 ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition 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
Translation of year 8
Reverse design temple with two columns, disk in pediment, enclosing statue of Athena standing, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield; to left, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.97 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3029 corr. (DS), DS Suppl pl 20, 155, Geissen 1483, M 1840a
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1877,1001.3 BMC 1191, pl. XXVIII (rev.)
2 2     L: 1862,0715.60 BMC 1192
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61022
4 4     ✸ O: HCR33365 M 1840a
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1483
6 6     Aiello
7 7     Dattari = D 3029 corr.
8 8     DS Suppl pl 20, 155 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 406
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 276 corr. = Matthijs