RPC IV.4, 977

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 977
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 ΑΝΤω[ΝΕΙΝΟϹ] ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and Cerberus: Heracles advancing, right, head, left, holding club, lion skin over arm, dragging Cerberus from entance to Hades
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2608, pl. XV (rev.), Geissen 1544
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 500/1913 ex Hirsch 33, 971
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1544
3 3     ✸ D 2608, pl. XV (rev.) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 40 (pl. 12p (rev.)) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 204