RPC IV.4, 469

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 469
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Heracles and the Erymanthian boar: Heracles (youthful), lion skin over shoulder, advancing, right, carrying boar over shoulder; to right, Eurystheus in storage jar, raising arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.71 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2595, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8483, DS Suppl pl 16, 59, Geissen 1881
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.455 BMC 1045
2 2     ✸ P: 2037 SNG 2227, Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 23 (pl. 3f)
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60214
5 5     A: D 1623 / 2540 / 12366
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1881
7 7     Frankfurt Förschner 577
8 8     D 2595, pl. XV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 271
9 9     Dattari = D 2595, pl. XV (rev.)
10 10     DS Suppl pl 16, 59 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 163
11 11     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2288