RPC IV.4, 799

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 799
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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design radiate-headed bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos, ram's horn round ear; before, trident with serpent twined round it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.16 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2868, pl. XXIV (rev.)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60333
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60334
3 3     A: D 1661A / 2608 / 11977
4 4     Cologne MünzZentrum 52 (12 .11. 1984), 751
5 5     D 2868, pl. XXIV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 293