RPC IV.4, 457

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 457
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L [Ε(?)
Reverse design Heracles and Cerberus: Heracles advancing, left, lion skin around neck, club over shoulder, dragging Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 456/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1623B / 2542 / 12368 ZfN 28 (1910), 84 with n. 1 (pl. IV, 9 (rev.)) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 40 (pl. 6h (rev.))