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
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 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
Average weight 23.72 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2608, pl. XV (rev.), Geissen 1544
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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