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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Η
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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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