RPC IV.4, 864

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 864
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Venus in Taurus: draped bust of Aphrodite, left, wearing stephane; below, bull, head lowered, stamping ground, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.59 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2959, DS 8823, M 1808
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2892–3; Peus 406, 25 April 2012, lot 635 = Peus 403, 27 April 2011, lot 859.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2124 SNG 2342
2 2     B: (Rauch)
3 3     B: 96/1892
4 4     G SNG 4182 = MacDonald III, 468, no. 463 corr.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60336
6 6     O: HCR33330 M 1808
7 7     ✸ A: D 1667A / 2618 / 12024 JIAN 2 (1899), 82 no. 14
8 8     Boston: 1985.1172
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 608
10 10     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 450
11 11     CNG EA 450, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 325
12 12     DS 8823 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 75 (Figari - Mosconi 737)
13 13     Hess 247 (29. 6. 1978), 339
14 14     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 181
15 15     Markov 8 (25. 4. 2000), 99
16 16     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 858
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 389