RPC IV.4, 792

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 792
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟϹωΠΙΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Προσωπίτης ἔτους ηʹ Προσωπίτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Prosopite (nome), of year 8
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
Average weight 21.38 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 6359, WG pp. 234–5, 2.4, III
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1905,0511.7 BMC Suppl N.130
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61433
3 3     ✸ A: D 3563 / 5057 / 3780
4 4     Cologne M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 788
5 5     Dattari = D 6359