RPC IV.4, 791

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 791
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟϹωΠΙΤΗϹ L Η
Reverse design nome (Prosopites): young Harsomtous-Heracles standing, facing, head, left, raising finger to lips, wearing nemes-headscarf and hem-hem crown, holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 6360, pl. XXXVI (rev.), DS 11110–11, M 1840d, WG pp. 234–5, 2.4, III
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4009 SNG 2999
2 2     B: (I-B)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61432
4 4     O: HCR33370 M 1840d
5 5     Frankfurt Förschner 1375
6 6     ✸ Dattari = D 6360, pl. XXXVI (rev.)
7 7     DS 11110 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 374
8 8     Elsen 61 (18–19.03.2000), 993
9 9     Münzen & Medaillen Basel, list 183 (Sept. 1958), 61 (WG p. 235, n. 36)
10 10     Münzen & Medaillen Basel, list 263 (Apr. 1966), 76 (WG p. 235, n. 36)
11 11     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 3775 (WG p. 235, n. 36)