RPC IV.4, 987

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 987
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους δεκάτου (ἔτους) δεκάτου
Translation of the tenth year
Reverse design Heracles and the horses of Diomedes: Heracles, standing, right, (wearing lion skin), raising club, holding by the hair Diomedes, collapsed on one knee; either side, foreparts of horse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.55 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2614, pl. XV (rev.) = DS 8504, D 2615, DS 2614 (not same as D 2614), Geissen 1541, M 1915b
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1888,0403.44 BMC 1051
2 2     P: 2205 SNG 2205, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 33 (pls 5a, 12k (rev.))
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1973.56.817
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60442
7 7     O: HCR33404 M 1915b
8 8     A: D 1718 / 2700 / 12431
9 9     A: 6728
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1541
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 765
13 13     D 2614, pl. XV (rev.) = DS 8504 = Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 318 = Matthijs
14 14     ✸ Dattari = D 2615
15 15     Dattari = DS 2614 (not same as D 2614)
16 16     NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 804 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University)