RPC IV.4, 855

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 855
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, Saturn in Capricorn: bust of Cronus, right, veiled and crowned with disk, sickle at shoulder; below, capricorn, right; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.34 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2977, pl. XXVI (rev.), Geissen 1504, M 1823
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2126 SNG 2126
2 2     ✸ B: 18212843, 1893/1032
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60359
5 5     O: HCR33346 M 1823
6 6     O: HCR33347 M 1824
7 7     V: GR 24633
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1504
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 606
10 10     Milan SNG 1257
11 11     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 128 (Staffieri)
12 12     Matthijs
13 13     NFA-Leu 16. 5. 1984, coll. Garrett I, 797 = SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 = Auctiones 23 (17. 6. 1993), 440 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), 172
14 14     Niggeler 740
15 15     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 855