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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
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
Average weight 24.76 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2599, Geissen 1427
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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