RPC IV.4, 773

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 773
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 ΑΝΤω[ΝΕΙΝΟ]Ϲ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕω[ ] L Η
Edition Ἀλεξανδρέω--- ἔτους ηʹ Ἀλεξανδρέω[---] (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Alexandreon [---], of year 8
Reverse design nome (Alexandreon Chora): Isis(?), standing, right, wearing hem-hem crown, holding sceptre(?) and infant Harpocrates(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.69 g
Axis 12
Reference DS pl. 293, n. d., WG pp. 281–2, 2.8, III
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note WG describes this type as Horus-Ares, standing, r., wearing hem-hem crown, holding sceptre and Agathodaemon. This is clearly not right. The figure is quite distinct from that of Horus-Ares, in military dress, on coins of Trajan and Hadrian. Isis stands holding Harpocrates in her outstretched hand on coins of Cyme (RPC III, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/10498) and Sagalassus. The hem-hem crown worn by the standing figure is typically associated with Harpocrates. The termination to the sceptre is possibly similar to an uncertain object associated with Isis, cf. RPC IV.4, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25386.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari
2 2     ✸ DS pl. 293, n. d. = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 330