RPC IV.4, 861

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 861
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Venus in Libra: draped bust of Aphrodite, left, wearing stephane; below, Libra flying horizontally to left, head, right, holding scales; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.93 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2970, DS 8830, Geissen 1900
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2129 SNG 2350
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 461
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60360
5 5     A: D 1667A / 12122 JIAN 2 (1899), 83 no. 22, pl. 7, 15 (rev.)
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1900
7 7     Aiello
8 8     DS 8830 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 186
10 10     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 403 from the Dattari collection = Matthijs = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 202