RPC IV.4, 995

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 995
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the stables of Augeas: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin over shoulder, arms extended to wall of rocks, in which human- (or lion-) headed spout from which water flows; against rocks, mattock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference D 2606, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8497–8, DS Suppl pl 16, 60, Geissen 1540, M 1912
Specimens 27 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 11, 13, 20–1: same rev. die.
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1669 BMC 1047, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2203 SNG 2436
3 3     P: Delepierre 49 SNG 2437
4 4     B: 28884
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60440
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60441
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60439
9 9     O: HCR33396 JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 5
10 10     O: HCR33280 M 1714 corr.
11 11     O: HCR33395 M 1912
12 12     A: D 1714A / 2693 / 12443
13 13     A: D 1694 / 2661 / 12386
14 14     Boston: 1985.1182
15 15     Cologne Geissen 1540
16 16     Aiello
17 17     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 276
18 18     D 2606, pl. XV (rev.)
19 19     Dattari
20 20     ✸ Dattari = D 2606, pl. XV (rev.)
21 21     Dattari = DS 8498
22 22     DS 8497 = Triton 5 (15. 1. 2002), 1784 = Triton 11 (8–9. 1. 2008), 535 = Simpson 129 = NumCirc 91, 3 (April 1983), 1794 = Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University (Figari - Mosconi 619)
23 23     DS Suppl pl 16, 60 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 274
24 24     Matthijs
25 25     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 65 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16–18 May, 1984), lot 1011 (part of) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 198 = CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1174
26 26     Stack's 10. 6. 1970, coll. Knobloch, 564 = NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 803 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 66 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 197 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 44 (pl. 12r (rev))
27 27     UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1662