RPC IV.4, 247

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 247
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 Ε[ΥϹ
Edition 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 bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription [L] ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) τετάρτου
Translation of year 4
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 34 mm
Average weight 27.97 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (I-B)