RPC IV.4, 860

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 860
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Venus in Libra: draped bust of Aphrodite, left, wearing stephane; below, Libra flying horizontally to left, head, right, holding scales; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.71 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2970 (= DS 8830), pl. XXVI (rev.), Geissen 1901?
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60350
2 2     V: GR 24623
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1901?
4 4     NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2399
5 5     ✸ SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 165 = Garrett Collection, Part III (NFA/Leu, 29 Mar. 1985), lot 484g (part of) = CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 339