RPC IV.4, 993

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 993
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) δεκάτου
Translation of year 10
Reverse design Heracles and the Nemean lion: nude Heracles (youthful) standing, right, grasping lion by the jaws and lifting it; behind, club (and bow)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2592, pl. XV (rev.), 2593, Geissen 1535, M 1910
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms (?).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.67 BMC 1044, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2201 SNG 2434
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4197 = MacDonald III, 470, no. 472
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60435
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60434
7 7     O: HCR33392
8 8     O: HCR33393 M 1910
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1535 = ZPE 50 (1983), pl. XVII, 4
10 10     Milan SNG 1266
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 190
13 13     D 2592 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 296
14 14     D 2592, pl. XV (rev.)
15 15     ✸ D 2593 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 341
16 16     Dattari
17 17     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 407
18 18     Matthijs
19 19     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 189 = CNG EA 445, 5 June 2019, lot 288
20 20     Staffieri
21 21     Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 14 (pls. 1c; 12b) (Trade, Basel)