RPC IV.4, 850

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 850
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Moon in Cancer: draped bust of Selene, right, over crescent; below, crab; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference M 1810, D 2963, pl. XXVI (rev.)
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.448 BMC 1082, pl. XII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2008.69 SNG 2346 corr.
3 3     C: CM.LS.2234-R
4 4     NY: 1973.56.808
5 5     NY: 1977.274.14
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60341
7 7     O: HCR33332 M 1810
8 8     V: GR 24619
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 603
10 10     Aiello
11 11     Baldwin's Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale XI, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 216
12 12     ✸ DS 2963 (not = D pl. XXVI, 2963) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 183
13 13     Künker 312, 8 Oct. 2018, lot 2882
14 14     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 320 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection
15 15     Sternberg 14 (24. 5. 1984), 342 = Münzen und Medaillen Auctiones XVII, 7–8 June 1988, lot 408 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 161 = CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1084