RPC IV.4, 994

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 994
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 oxen of Geryon: Heracles standing, left, holding two oxen and club, lion skin over arm; at his feet, body of Geryon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.84 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2621 corr., Geissen 1542, M 1915
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60448
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60447
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60449
6 6     O: HCR33402
7 7     O: HCR33401 M 1915
8 8     A: D 1718A / 1897/8, IH 931/1469
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1542
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1543
11 11     Aiello
12 12     ✸ CNG 108, 16 May 2018, lot 472 = Matthijs
13 13     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 277 = Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (CNG 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1171)
14 14     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 999
15 15     DS 2621 corr. = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 174
16 16     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 507
17 17     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 208 = Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35049 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 336