RPC IV.4, 853

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 853
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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, left, veiled and crowned with disk, (sickle at shoulder); below, capricorn, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.55 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2976, DS 8854
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2411 SNG 2355
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60358
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60357
4 4     A: 2622 / 12118 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 5, pl. 7, 5 (rev.)
5 5     Aiello
6 6     Bonhams 7 (29. 3. 1982), 252
7 7     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 443
8 8     ✸ DS 8854 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 189
9 9     Matthijs
10 10     NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2401