RPC IV.4, 848

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 848
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 Virgo: draped bust of Hermes, left, wearing lotus-flower; before him (or at shoulder), caduceus; below, to left, veiled Demeter standing, right, holding long torch and corn-ears; above, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.29 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2969, pl. XXVI (rev.), DS 8828, Geissen 1499
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2147 SNG 2349
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60349
4 4     A: D 1666AA / 183/580 JIAN 2 (1899), 83 no. 21, pl. 7, 14 (rev.)
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1499
6 6     Aiello
7 7     Aiello = Curtis, JEA 41 (1955), 119-20 (pl. XXIV, 6)
8 8     DS 8828 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 185
9 9     Matthijs
10 10     SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 164 = Garrett Collection, Part III (NFA/Leu, 29 Mar. 1985), lot 484g (part of) = CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 349