RPC IV.4, 846

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 846
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1501
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1666A / 316/579 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 1, pl. 7, 2 (rev.)
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1501
3 3     SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 169
4 4     Sternberg 22 (20–21. 11. 1989), 306