RPC IV.4, 985

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 985
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕ[ΙΝΟϹ Ϲ]ΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕ]ΚΑΤΟ[Υ
Reverse design Heracles and the Cretan bull: Heracles standing, right, grasping horn and muzzle of bull rearing, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8502–3, Geissen 3475
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 3475 = DS 8502 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 30 (pl. 4i (rev.)) = Bickelmann 33 (1975), 192 (Figari - Mosconi 622)
2 2     Aiello
3 3     ✸ Dattari = DS 8502