RPC IV.4, 861

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 861
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Η
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 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2970, DS 8830, Geissen 1900
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2129 SNG 2350
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 461
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60360
5 5     A: D 1667A / 12122 JIAN 2 (1899), 83 no. 22, pl. 7, 15 (rev.)
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1900
7 7     Aiello
8 8     DS 8830 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 186
9 9     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 202
10 10     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 403 from the Dattari collection = Matthijs