RPC IV.4, 248

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 248
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους τετάρτου (ἔτους) τετάρτου
Translation of the fourth year
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.84 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1347, M 1681b
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33267 M 1681b = JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 1
2 2     V: GR 24681
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1347
4 4     Aiello
5 5     Ponterio Sale 155 - Nov. 2010 Baltimore Auction, 6 Nov. 2010, lot 7049
6 6     ✸ Triton 5 (15. 1. 2002), 1775 = Triton 11 (8–9. 1. 2008), 527 = Simpson 126 = NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 801 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 ex Malloy