RPC IV.4, 253

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 253
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 Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Heracles and the oxen of Geryon: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin over shoulder, leading two oxen, holding club; at his feet, body of Geryon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.19 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2619, pl. XV (rev.), Geissen 1350
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24564
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1350
3 3     ✸ D 2619, pl. XV (rev.) = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 366 (Figari - Mosconi 626) = NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 800 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 157 (Staffieri) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 38 (pls. 6c, 12o)
4 4     Jacquier 29 (Summer 2002), 283
5 5     Paul-Francis Jacquier 29 (Summer 2002), 283
6 6     Simpson 125 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 207 = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1776
7 7     Staffieri