RPC IV.4, 855

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 855
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, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, right, veiled and crowned with disk, sickle at shoulder; below, capricorn, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2977, pl. XXVI (rev.), Geissen 1504, M 1823
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2126 SNG 2126
2 2     ✸ B: 18212843, 1893/1032
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60359
5 5     O: HCR33346 M 1823
6 6     O: HCR33347 M 1824
7 7     V: GR 24633
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1504
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 606
10 10     Milan SNG 1257
11 11     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 128 (Staffieri)
12 12     Matthijs
13 13     NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 797 = SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 = Auctiones 23 (17. 6. 1993), 440 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), 172
14 14     Niggeler 740
15 15     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 855