RPC III, 5844

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5844
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IZ = year 17
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing, right holding sceptre and raising arm; to right, Emperor (Hadrian), laureate-headed, wearing toga, standing left, holding sceptre and with hand stretched out over altar; between, altar inscribed ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 45 (25 in the core collections)
Note The date may be across the field or in the exergue.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,0716.269 BMC 875
2 2     ✸ L: 1845,1217.118 BMC 876
3 3     P: AA.GR.5485 (D 1163)
4 4     P: 1723
5 5     P: 1724
6 6     B: 156/1961
7 7     B: 28884
8 8     B: Fox
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     C
12 12     G: 364
13 13     Mu
14 14     Mu
15 15     Mu
16 16     NY
17 17     NY
18 18     NY
19 19     NY
20 20     NY
21 21     NY
22 22     O: HCR33166 M 1377
23 23     O: HCR33167 M 1378
24 24     O: HCR33168 M 1379
26 26     V: GR 24402
27 27     A: Dem 1385
28 28     A: Dem 1386
29 29     Brussels: 575
30 30     Cologne Geissen 1085
31 31     Cologne Geissen 1086
32 32     Vat: 532
33 33     Vat: 533
34 34     Vat: 534
35 35     Cracow 38
36 36     D1944
37 37     Brussels D1945 (Figari - Mosconi 373)
38 38     Dresden
39 39     DS Supp 149
40 40     DS7866 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 283
41 41     DS7867
42 42     Philippidis coll. R-xxxx-xx-xx.013
43 43     Boston: 86.837
44 44     Boston: 1985.1151
45 45     Pudill Coll.
46 46     Pudill coll.