RPC IV.4, 747

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 747
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Dioscuri, each crowned with star, holding whips(?), riding towards each other; between, thymiaterion; above, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.41 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2525, pl. XII (rev.), DS 8397, Geissen 1874?
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2890–1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33325
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24627
3 3     A: 2625a / 218
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1874?
5 5     D 2525 (pl. XII (rev.))
6 6     DS 8397 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 178