RPC IV.4, 988

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 988
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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck and over arm, holding club, arm raised against Hydra on ground to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2601, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8490, Geissen 1536
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5533 (Doubles 1297) SNG 2750
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60437
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1536
4 4     Milan SNG 1267 = Niggeler 748
5 5     D 2601, pl. XV (rev.)
6 6     ✸ Dattari = D 2601, pl. XV (rev.)
7 7     DS 8490 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 346
8 8     Matthijs
9 9     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 320