RPC IV.4, 458

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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 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
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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