RPC IV.4, 520

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 520
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 ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design judgement of Paris: to left, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite standing; at feet of Aphrodite, Eros; to right, Hermes standing, left, foot on rock; above whom, Paris seated, left, offering apple(?); to far right, tree framing scene
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2997, pl. XXVI (rev.), DS 8845
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note SAN 5, 4 (1972–3), 61–2 die Aa; SAN 6, 3 (1975), 40–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4162 = MacDonald III, 466, no. 451, pl. LXXXVIII, 7 (rev.) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 109 (pl. 22c (rev.))
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60256 illustrated SAN 6, 3 (1975), 40 (rev.)
3 3     Münster: M 1709
4 4     Dattari = D 2997, pl. XXVI (rev.)
5 5     DS 8845 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 274 = Matthijs