RPC IV.4, 774

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 774
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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛωΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ L Η
Edition Ἀπολλωνοπολίτ(ης) (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Apollonopolite (nome), of year 8
Reverse design nome (Apollonopolites): Horus-Behedeti/Apollo standing, right, crowned with skhent, holding sceptre and hawk, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.89 g
Axis 12
Reference D 6203, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS pl. 294, 10866–7, n. d., Geissen 3432, WG p. 63, 1.2, III
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)

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