RPC IV.4, 845

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 845
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Mars in Scorpio: bust of Ares, right, wearing helmet and cuirass; below, scorpion, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 8, 12
Reference D 2971, pl. XXVI (rev.), M 1819
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1935.117.779
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60351
3 3     O: HCR33342 M 1819
4 4     V: GR 24624
5 5     Boston: 1998.532
6 6     ✸ D 2971 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 187
7 7     Matthijs = Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 4 May 2019, lot 149 = Schenk-Behrens 87, 2004, lot 222