RPC IV.4, 979

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 979
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής 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 ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους δεκάτου (ἔτους) δεκάτου
Translation of the tenth year
Reverse design Heracles and the Amazon: Heracles, with lion skin over arm, club over shoulder(?), standing, right, grasping girdle of Amazon Hippolyte, who lies on fallen horse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.67 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1539
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60446
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1539