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
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 L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
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
Average weight 23.48 g
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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