RPC III, 5316

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder; to r crescent
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Dionysus (?) standing facing, head left, holding uncertain object (cup?) and long thyrsus; to left, panther (?)

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 5316

 

Museum American Numismatic Society, New York (USA)
Inventory no. 1973.56.602
Reference
Diameter 24
Weight 10.72
Axis 12
Note the plausible identitification of the figure as Dionysus with a thyrsus was made to us by Keith Emmett
External URI http://numismatics.org/collection/1973.56.602 
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