RPC IV.4, 249

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 249
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
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 ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους τετάρτου (ἔτους) τετάρτου
Translation of the fourth year
Reverse design Heracles and the Hydra: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.60 g
Reference D 2597, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8487
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 2597, pl. XV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 299
2 2     DS 8487 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 158