RPC IV.4, 847

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 847
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 head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Mercury in Gemini: draped bust of Hermes, wearing lotus-flower, right; before him, caduceus; before, star; below, to left, Heracles standing, facing, head, right, resting on club; to right, Apollo standing, facing, head, left, holding (or resting on) lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2961–2, pl. XXVI (rev.), DS Suppl pl 19, 147, Geissen 1899
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18212839, 1913/501
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3664
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60339
4 4     V: GR 24635
5 5     V: GR 24636
6 6     A: D 1666B /184/581 JIAN 2 (1899), 82 no. 15, pl. 7, 13 (rev.)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1899
8 8     Aiello
9 9     Aiello
10 10     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 184 = CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 604 = Berk BBS 58 (28 June 1989), lot 416 = ex Col. James W. Curtis Collection, Curtis, Survey p. 38, pl. XXVIII (rev. of this coin illustrated) = Matthijs
11 11     D 2961 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 76 (Figari - Mosconi 738)
12 12     D 2962 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 228
13 13     Dattari = D 2961
14 14     ✸ DS Suppl pl 19, 147 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 182
15 15     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 860 = Hauck und Aufhäuser 15 (21. 3. 2000), 333
16 16     SAN 4 (1972–3), 47 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 185
17 17     Warwickshire Museum, coll. Newdegate