RPC IV.4, 246

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 246
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [L Δ] (?)
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Heracles and the horses of Diomedes: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, holding horse prancing, left, head, right, raising club; below to left, fallen horse; below to right, body of Diomedes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.14 g
Axis 12
Reference M 1715
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 222/4, 240/1, 295/1.
Note Date not visible but obverse die-links to year 4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33281 M 1715
2 2     ✸ Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 208 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 204 = Simpson 124 = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1779 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pls. 5d, 12l)