RPC IV.4, 988

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 988
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 Hydra: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck and over arm, holding club, arm raised against Hydra on ground to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.10 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2601, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8490, Geissen 1536
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5533 (Doubles 1297) SNG 2750
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60437
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1536
4 4     Milan SNG 1267 = Niggeler 748
5 5     D 2601, pl. XV (rev.)
6 6     ✸ Dattari = D 2601, pl. XV (rev.)
7 7     DS 8490 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 346
8 8     Matthijs
9 9     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 320