RPC IV.4, 847

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 847
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, Mercury in Gemini: draped bust of Hermes, wearing lotus-flower, right; before him, caduceus; before, star; below, to left, Heracles standing, facing, head, right, resting on club; to right, Apollo standing, facing, head, left, holding (or resting on) lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.48 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2961–2, pl. XXVI (rev.), DS Suppl pl 19, 147, Geissen 1899
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18212839, 1913/501
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3664
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60339
4 4     V: GR 24635
5 5     V: GR 24636
6 6     A: D 1666B /184/581 JIAN 2 (1899), 82 no. 15, pl. 7, 13 (rev.)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1899
8 8     Aiello
9 9     Aiello
10 10     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 184 = CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 604 = Berk BBS 58 (28 June 1989), lot 416 = ex Col. James W. Curtis Collection, Curtis, Survey p. 38, pl. XXVIII (rev. of this coin illustrated) = Matthijs
11 11     D 2961 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 76 (Figari - Mosconi 738)
12 12     D 2962 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 228
13 13     Dattari = D 2961
14 14     ✸ DS Suppl pl 19, 147 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 182
15 15     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 860 = Hauck und Aufhäuser 15 (21. 3. 2000), 333
16 16     SAN 4 (1972–3), 47 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 185
17 17     Warwickshire Museum, coll. Newdegate