RPC IV.4, 991

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 991
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 Hydra: Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck, seen from rear, raising club to strike Hydra on ground to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8489
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.457 BMC 1053, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ A: D 1718A / 2701 / 12433
4 4     Frankfurt Förschner 627
5 5     Aiello
6 6     Dattari = DS 8489
7 7     Matthijs