RPC IV.4, 1117

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1117
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΒ = 12
Dating AD 148/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε?)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΔωΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) δωδεκάτου
Translation of year 12
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.48 g
Axis 1, 10, 11, 12
Reference D 3058–60, DS 8904–6, DS Suppl pl 20, 164, Geissen 1617, M 2012
Specimens 60 (28 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. The vast majority have busts seen from the front. The only secimen with a bust seen from the rear also has the temple garlanded.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0602.94 BMC 1193
2 2     L: G.1095 BMC Suppl 3033
3 3     P: 2241 SNG 2491
4 4     P: AA.GR.5603 (Doubles 1177) SNG 2492
5 5     P: 2242 SNG 2493
6 6     P: 1967/1721 (Maspero) SNG 2494
7 7     P: 2240 SNG 2495
8 8     B: 28662
9 9     B: (I-B)
10 10     C: 627-1950
11 11     Cop: 492
12 12     G SNG 4211 = MacDonald III, 471, no. 481
13 13     Mu: 388
14 14     NY: 1944.100.60589
15 15     NY: 1944.100.60579
16 16     NY: 1944.100.60578
17 17     NY: 1944.100.60580
18 18     NY: 1944.100.60582
19 19     NY: 1944.100.60585
20 20     NY: 1944.100.60577
21 21     NY: 1944.100.60583
22 22     NY: 1944.100.60587
23 23     NY: 1944.100.60581
24 24     O: HCR33443 M 2012
25 25     O: HCR33444 M 2013
26 26     O: HCR33445 M 2014
27 27     V: GR 24693
28 28     V: GR 24692
29 29     A: D 1748 / 198/619
30 30     A: D 1748 / 2738 / 12379
31 31     Aarhus H.E. Mathiesen (ed.), SNG Denmark. Aarhus University (1986), 989
32 32     Bern: (Righetti 2748)
33 33     Bern: 2949 RSN 45 (1966), 76 no. 143
34 34     Cologne Geissen 1617
35 35     Cologne Geissen 1618
36 36     Cologne Geissen 1619
37 37     Cologne Geissen 1620
38 38     Cracow Skowronek 1998 , no. 53
39 39     Frankfurt Förschner 637
40 40     Frankfurt Förschner 638
41 41     Milan SNG 1287
42 42     Aiello
43 43     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 722
44 44     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 769
45 45     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 770
46 46     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 167
47 47     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 140
48 48     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 328 = L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
49 49     D 3058 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 323
50 50     ✸ D 3059 = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 319 = Matthijs
51 51     D 3060 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 264
52 52     DS 8904 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 253
53 53     DS 8906 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 301
54 54     DS Suppl pl 20, 164 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 297
55 55     Elsen 131, 10 Dec. 2016, lot 268 corr.
56 56     Gorny & Mosch Online 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4622
57 57     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8174
58 58     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1796
59 59     Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 993
60 60     Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 217