RPC IV.4, 250

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 250
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤω[ΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the Nemean lion: nude Heracles (youthful) standing, right, grasping lion by the jaws and lifting it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–4 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = John Work Garrett Collection (Part III, Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 29 Mar. 1985), lot 445 (part of) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 187 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 150 (Staffieri) = Matthijs
2 2     Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 14 (pl. 12a) corr. = Curtis coll., Curtis, Survey pl. 25