RPC IV.4, 783

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 783
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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΕωΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Μαρεώτης ἔτους ηʹ Μαρεώτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Mareotis, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Mareotis): Ammon-Ra standing, facing, head, left, crowned with sun disk, holding ram and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.37 g
Axis 12
Reference D 6293, pl. XXXVI (rev.), WG p. 280, 2.8, III
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.372 BMC 18
2 2     P: 4052 SNG 3038
3 3     Mu: 1 Acc. 19926
4 4     ✸ CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 282 = Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu Zurich (16–18.05.1984), 1011 = D 6293 (pl. XXXVI (rev.))