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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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