RPC IV.4, 256

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 256
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) τετάρτου
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Heracles and the Stymphalian birds: Heracles standing, right, wearing lion skin and quiver, shooting upwards with bow and arrow; to left, on ground, club; to right, in air and on ground, birds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 28.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1348
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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