RPC IV.4, 850

 

Image of specimen #12

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
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
Average weight 21.74 g
Axis 12
Reference M 1810, D 2963, pl. XXVI (rev.)
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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