RPC IV.4, 893

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 893
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)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3067, DS 8918
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 7, 10, 12: same obv. die as 896/4, 898/1, 5–8. 6: same obv. die as 898/3. 9: same obv. die as 898/4.
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.162 BMC 1184
2 2     B: (B. Friedlaender 1861)
3 3     Mu: 373
4 4     V: GR 24643
5 5     A: D 1686 / 2648 / 12396
6 6     A: 6725
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 299, 27 Mar. 2013, lot 336
8 8     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1511
9 9     CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 916
10 10     D 3067 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 172 = Bertolami EA 61, 9 Sept. 2018, lot 546
11 11     DS 8918 = Nomisma 25 (2003), 140 (Figari - Mosconi 777)
12 12     Peus 360 (27. 4. 1999), 702 = Dieter Gorny 97 (11. 10. 1999), 824