RPC IV.4, 839

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 839
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 zodiac, Jupiter in Sagittarius: bust of Zeus, right, (sceptre over shoulder); below, centaur galloping, right, drawing bow; (before, star)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.22 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2974, pl. XXVI (rev.), DS Suppl pl 19, 148 (no star), Geissen 1502, M 1821
Specimens 23 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 10: same obv. die as 736/3, 843/6, 863/9.
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1610 BMC 1087, pl. XII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2132 SNG 2352
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     B: 18212842, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     G SNG 4183 = MacDonald III, 469, no. 465
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60356
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60355
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60354
9 9     NY: 1935.117.780
10 10     O: HCR7173 M 1821
11 11     V: GR 24626
12 12     A: D 1665A / 2615 / 12123 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 4
13 13     Cologne Geissen 1502
14 14     Frankfurt Förschner 604
15 15     Aiello
16 16     CNG EA 448, 17 July 2019, lot 326
17 17     D 2974 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 80 (Figari - Mosconi 746)
18 18     ✸ DS Suppl pl 19, 148 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 188
19 19     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 826
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 261, 4 Mar. 2019, lot 524 = CNG 112, 11 Sept. 2019, lot 459
21 21     Künker eLive 43, 7 Dec. 2016, lot 237 = Matthijs
22 22     Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 317 from Dattari coll. = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 203
23 23     Niggeler 739