RPC IV.4, 838

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 838
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 rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Jupiter in Pisces: bust of Zeus, right, sceptre on shoulder; below, two fishes; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.99 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2980, Geissen 1897
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60365
3 3     ✸ Boston: 1985.1311
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1897
5 5     Numismatica Ars Classica / Spink Taisei 16. 11. 1994, 843 = Münzen und Medaillen 13 (17. 6. 1954), 953
6 6     Savoca London 1 Silver, 21 July 2019, lot 186
7 7     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), 3422