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 ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ƐVϹƐΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Reverse inscription L ΤƐΤΑΡΤΟV
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, l., lion skin around neck, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1347, M 1681b
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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