RPC IV.4, 840

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 840
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 ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Jupiter in Sagittarius: bust of Zeus, right; (sceptre over shoulder); below, centaur galloping, right, drawing bow; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2973, Geissen 1503, M 1822
Specimens 21 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2133 SNG 2353
2 2     B: 292/1871 (E. Schaubert)
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3667
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60353
5 5     O: HCR7169 M 1822
6 6     ✸ A: 2614 /12025 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 3, pl. 7, 4 (rev.)
7 7     Bern: 3131 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 47–8 (1967–8), 438 = Hirsch 51 (14. 3. 1967), 3216, pl. 14
8 8     Boston: 1985.1309
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1503
10 10     Milan SNG 1256
11 11     cgb.fr MBS 34, 30 Apr. 2008, lot 515
12 12     CNA 18 (3. 12. 1991), 403
13 13     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 446
14 14     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 417
15 15     CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 478
16 16     D 2973 = Kölner Münzkabinett 66 (1997), 567 (Figari - Mosconi 745)
17 17     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 312
18 18     Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 354 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection
19 19     NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 796 = SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), 171
20 20     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 865
21 21     Staffieri