RPC IV.4, 686

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 686
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos and atef crown(?), ram's horn round ear; to left, serpent entwined around trident; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.21 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 8729, Geissen 1450, M 1773a
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Note The L of the date is reversed. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 885-6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0820.49 BMC 1102
2 2     P: 2072 SNG 2291, Bakhoum 1999, p. 195, 76 (pl. XVII)
3 3     P: 2073 (Cousinéry) SNG 2292
4 4     Cop: 451
5 5     G SNG 4173 = MacDonald III, 467, no. 455
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61008
7 7     O: HCR33305 M 1773a
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1450
9 9     Milan SNG 1240
10 10     ✸ DS 8729 = Staffieri (Figari - Mosconi 710)