RPC IV.4, 851

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 851
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
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Saturn in Aquarius: bust of Cronus, left, veiled and crowned with disk, (sickle at shoulder); below, Aquarius swimming, left, head, right, holding amphora; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2978, pl. XXVI (rev.), M 1824a
Specimens 16 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0602.89 BMC 1089
2 2     P: 2128 SNG 2356
3 3     ✸ B: 18212844, 1847/8246
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     G SNG 4185 = MacDonald III, 469, no. 467, pl. LXXXVIII, 9
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60361
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60363
9 9     NY: 1944.100.60362
10 10     O: HCR33348 M 1824a
11 11     V: GR 24637
12 12     Boston: 1985.1310
13 13     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 173
14 14     CNG Triton XIX, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 379 = Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 Dec. 1990), lot 175 = John Work Garrett Collection (Part 1, Numismatic Fine Arts/Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 1010 (part of) = SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University) = Niggeler 741
15 15     D 2978 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 81 (Figari - Mosconi 747)
16 16     NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 798 = SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = Stack's 10. 6. 1970, coll. Knobloch, 567