RPC III, 5000

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5000
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, cornucopia at shoulder
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.189 BMC 639
2 2     Cologne Geissen 747
3 3     Emporium 71 (2014) lot 143