RPC IV.4, 854

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 854
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, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, left, veiled and crowned with disk, (sickle at shoulder); below, capricorn, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2975, Geissen 1505
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1505
3 3     Frankfurt Förschner 607
4 4     Auctiones 7 (1977), 443 illustrated KG 35.272