RPC IV.4, 980

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 980
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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the apples of the Hesperides: Heracles wearing lion skin, club over shoulder, advancing, right, picking apple from tree, around which is entwined a serpent with arrow through neck
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2604, pl. XV (rev.), DS 8495, Geissen 1545, M 1913
Specimens 31 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.239 BMC 1052, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2202 SNG 2439
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 28798
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3678
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60438
8 8     O: HCR33400
9 9     ✸ O: HCR33398 JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 7
10 10     O: HCR33397 M 1913
11 11     O: HCR33399 M 1914
12 12     V: GR 24785 ZfN 28 (1910), 89 (year 24 in error)
13 13     A: D 1716 / 2695 / 12437
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1545
15 15     Frankfurt Förschner 626
16 16     Milan SNG 1268 corr.
17 17     Aiello
18 18     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 210 (L reversed)
19 19     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 464
20 20     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 158 (Staffieri)
21 21     D 2604, pl. XV (rev.)
22 22     Dattari = D 2604, pl. XV (rev.)
23 23     DS 8495 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 211 (Figari - Mosconi 618)
24 24     Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3071, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 32118
25 25     Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 452
26 26     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 211 (L reversed) = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 42 (pls 7b, 12q (rev.))
27 27     Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 221
28 28     Roma Numismatics XII, 29 Sept. 2016, lot 445
29 29     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy
30 30     Simpson 130 = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1786
31 31     Stack's Coin Galleries Sept. 2008, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 394