RPC III, 6174

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design Harpocrates of Mendes standing facing, head left, raising finger to lips and holding club surmounted by hawk; to left, ram with crown

Coin no. 2 of RPC III, 6174

 

Museum Numismatic Museum, Athens (Greece)
Inventory no. 247/453
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Note no hawk on the club, and the rest of the coin is so poor that one cannot tell if there were a ram. Perhaps a separate variety, with a non-specific Harpocrates?
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