RPC IV.4, 243

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 243
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus 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 Ceryneian stag: Heracles (youthful), right, knee on back of stag, holding it by horns; behind, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.60 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8491
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4156 = MacDonald III, 466, no. 450, pl. LXXXVIII, 15 (rev.) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 25 (pl. 3h)
2 2     A: D 1591 / 2490
3 3     ✸ DS 8491 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 152 (Staffieri) (Figari - Mosconi 616)