RPC III, 6145

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6145
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L KA = year 21
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design monumental altar (of Caesareum) with six columns, surmounted with pyre, enclosing Eusebeia (?) in centre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.45 g
Axis 12
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)
Note ‘Gestalt in langem Gewand, K. verschleiert (?)’ (K1214); ‘Statue d’Eusebeia…la main étendue au dessus d’un autel’ (Bakhoum, draft Paris SNG); ‘un personaggio’ (D1892). The figure in the centre seems definitely female (Boston) standing l. with hand over altar. Boston is clearer than B. and the rubbings in D and DS are poor. The identification as Eusebeia is also followed by J. McKenzie, op. cit., following advice from C. Howgego (the figure is drawn more clearly on Antonine coins).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1871
2 2     B: 18064
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     NY
6 6     O: HCR33247 M 1554
7 7     V: GR 24492
8 8     Boston: 1985.1164
9 9     Boston: 1985.1298
10 10     Brussels: 616
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1214
12 12     D1892
13 13     D1893 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 261
14 14     Dresden
15 15     DS7825 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 343
16 16     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 358 = DS7826 = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 72 (Figari - Mosconi 365)
17 17     ETB coll.
18 18     Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018 (Clain-Stefanelli), lot 286
19 19     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 302 = Münzzentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 684, ex Righetti
20 20     Boston: 1985.1164