RPC IV.4, 458

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 458
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Heracles and Cerberus: Heracles advancing, right, head, left, club over shoulder, dragging Cerberus from entrance to Hades
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2607, pl. XV (rev.) = DS 8499, DS Suppl pl 16, 62
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60269
2 2     D 2607, pl. XV (rev.) = DS 8499 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 210 (Figari - Mosconi 620) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 212 illustrated KG 35.193
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 16, 62 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 159 (Staffieri)