RPC IV.4, 696

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 696
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 143/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of Hermanubis holding caduceus and palm-leaf; at his feet, jackal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.72 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3036, pl. XXIX (rev.), Geissen 1453
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60293
2 2     Cologne IfA Geissen 1453
3 3     Frankfurt Förschner 592
4 4     ✸ Dattari = D 3036, pl. XXIX (rev.)
5 5     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 569
6 6     HerMer coll. F.Delpy - ex GSA Auction 13, 31 Jan. 2026, lot 355