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
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 Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
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
Average weight 22.84 g
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.
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# Specimen 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)