RPC IV.4, 816

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 816
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, enclosing Sarapis seated, left, holding long sceptre; (on throne, small figure of Nike;) at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.57 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3055, DS 8901–2, Geissen 1486
Specimens 22 (9 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5596 (Doubles 1201) SNG 2332
2 2     P: 2150 SNG 2333
3 3     B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
4 4     G SNG 4177 = MacDonald III, 467, no. 458
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60379
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60380
7 7     NY: 1973.56.794
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60376
9 9     NY: 1974.26.3669
10 10     A: D 1677 / 2633 / 11984
11 11     Boston: 1985.1175
12 12     Cologne Geissen 1486
13 13     Neuchâtel Spoerri, Neuchâtel no. 109
14 14     Aiello
15 15     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 205, 18 Sept. 2018, lot 364
16 16     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 323 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
17 17     D 3055 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 283
18 18     DS 8901 = Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1162
19 19     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 495
20 20     ✸ Henry Platt Hall Collection (Glendining, July 1950, lot 351) = Niggeler 742 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 303 = Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 623 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 716
21 21     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 636
22 22     Rauch E-18, 6 Nov. 2015, lot 144