RPC IV.4, 625

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 625
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Heracles and the Cretan bull: Heracles standing, right, foot on rock(?), grasping horn and muzzle of bull rearing, right, head, left; behind, lion skin on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.01 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2610, DS 8501, M 1737a
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60995
3 3     O: HCR33300 M 1737a
4 4     D 2610 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 169
5 5     ✸ DS 8501 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 206 (Figari - Mosconi 621) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 201 = Lanz 44 (16. 5. 1988), 590 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 154 (Staffieri)