RPC IV.4, 863

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 863
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, Venus in Taurus: draped bust of Aphrodite, left, wearing stephane; below, bull, head lowered, stamping ground, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2960, pl. XXVI (rev.), Geissen 1492, M 1807
Specimens 37 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 736/4, 753/6. 9: same obv. die as 736/3, 839/10, 843/6.
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1615 BMC 1080, pl. XII (rev.)
2 2     L: 1862,0614.234 BMC 1081
3 3     P: 2095 SNG 2341
4 4     B: 18212836, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     C McClean 9879
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60337
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60338
8 8     NY: 1974.26.3663
9 9     O: HCR33329 M 1807
10 10     O: HCR33331 M 1809
11 11     V: GR 24632
12 12     V: GR 24631
13 13     V: GR 24630
14 14     A: D 1667 /12023 JIAN 2 (1899), 81 no. 11
15 15     A: 25/7/13 JIAN 2 (1899), 82 no. 12
16 16     A: 217 JIAN 2 (1899), 82 no. 13
17 17     Boston: 1998.535
18 18     Boston: 1985.1303
19 19     Cologne Geissen 1492
20 20     Cologne Geissen 1493
21 21     Frankfurt Förschner 609
22 22    
23 23     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 762
24 24     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 376 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 329
25 25     ✸ CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 806 = Solidus Premium 35, 28 Oct. 2018, lot 73
26 26     CNG Triton XIX, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 380 = Hans Steger Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 697)
27 27     CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 481
28 28     D 2960, pl. XXVI (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 314
29 29     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 355
30 30     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 501
31 31     Hess 251 (7. 5. 1981), 163 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 131 = (Staffieri) = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 771
32 32     Künker 111, 18 Mar. 2006, lot 6768 = Gorny & Mosch 261, 4 Mar. 2019, lot 523
33 33     Künker 326, 7 Oct. 2019, lot 1431
34 34     Matthijs = CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 417
35 35     NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2397
36 36     Roma Numismatics XIV, 21 Sept. 2017, lot 422
37 37     SAN 4 (1972–3), 47 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = Auctiones 23 (17. 6. 1993), 435 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), 182