RPC III, 5000

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, cornucopia at shoulder
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.189 BMC 639
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 747
3 3     Emporium 71 (2014) lot 143
4 4     Bricault coll., ex Sol Numismatik XLII, 31 May 2025, lot 403