RPC III, 4990


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4990
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L B = year 2
Dating	AD 117/18
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ (sic) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ<α>νὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Canopus, right
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.96 g
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	/5 deleted as = /4

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: Maspero 1967/1695						Show
2	2	O: HCR25918	M 831		8.54			Show
3	3	Boston: 1985.1114						Show
4	4 ✸	Cologne	Geissen 3458 = D1314 (Figari - Mosconi 2230)	24	13.38	12	D gives inscription with ϹƐB, but it seems clear from the rubbing in DS	Show