RPC IV.4, 244

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 244
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 [
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἀδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L [Τ]ΕΤ[Α]ΡΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) τετάρτου
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Heracles and the Erymanthian boar: Heracles (youthful), wearing lion skin, advancing, right, carrying boar over shoulder; to left, club; to right, Eurystheus hiding in storage jar, raising arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.42 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2596 corr. (DS)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 1591A / 1896/7, I 281/515
2 2     ✸ D 2596 corr. (DS) = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 178
3 3     Dattari