RPC IV.4, 14889 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14889 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰ[ΝƐΙΝΟϹ] ϹƐΒ ƐVϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Reverse inscription L ΔƐΚΑΤΟV
Reverse design Heracles and Cerberus: Heracles advancing, r., head, l., holding club, lion skin over arm, dragging Cerberus from entance to Hades
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2608, pl. XV (rev.), Geissen 1544
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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