RPC IV.4, 796

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 796
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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)
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 ϹΕΘΡΟΕΙΤΗϹ L Η
Edition Σεθροείτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Sethroites, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Sethroites): hawk-headed Horus of Mesen standing, facing, head, right, wearing skhent and military dress, resting hand on spear, holding hawk wearing skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 1, 3, 11, 12
Reference D 6390, pl. XXXVI (rev.) (= DS 11155), DS 6390 (not = D 6390), 11153–9, DS Suppl pl 30, 40, M 1832, WG p. 330, 2.17, IV
Specimens 33 (14 in the core collections)

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