RPC IV.4, 989

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 989
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.42 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2600, DS 8488, Geissen 1537
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2204 SNG 2204, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 20 (pls. 2r, 12d)
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1537
3 3     CNG Triton XXIII, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 754
4 4     DS 8488 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 365 (Figari - Mosconi 615)
5 5     Hirsch 352, 25 Sept. 2019, lot 2922
6 6     ✸ NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 802 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–5 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 192
7 7     Simpson 127 = Münzen und Medaillen list 527 (November / Dec. 1989), 132 = SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–5 ex Curtis = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1781 = Staffieri