RPC IV.4, 618

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 618
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Heracles and Antaeus: Heracles standing, right, head, left, lifting Antaeus; to right, club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference Förschner 583
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1562 BMC 1054, pl. VI (rev.) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 66 (pls. 12s, 17b (rev.))
2 2     Frankfurt Förschner 583
3 3     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 275 = Matthijs
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 531