RPC IV.4, 628

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 628
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 ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ]ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, grasping Hydra by serpent heads, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2599, Geissen 1427
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,0412.1 BMC Suppl 2987
2 2     V: GR 24653
3 3     A: D 1637AA / 1896/7, IA 306/559
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1427
5 5     Dattari = D 2599