RPC IV.4, 797

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 797
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design Sarapis standing, facing, holding taenia; either side, Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned to him, resting on spear (and/or holding whip)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8724
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 798/1–2. 2, 4, 6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1877,1001.4 BMC 1109, pl. XV (rev.)
2 2     P: 2138 SNG 2316, Bakhoum 1999, p. 195, 79 (pl, XVII)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61018
4 4     A: D 1670 / 2623 / 12114
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 8724 = Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 651 = Ars et Nummus 6–9 (1976), 371 (Figari - Mosconi 707)
7 7     ✸ Matthijs