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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
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
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