RPC III, 5004


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5004 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	5004
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	Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, hippopotamus
Metal	silver
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	12.76 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56357			12.06	12		Show
2	2 ✸	A: Dem 1134		24			this description fits the coin currently on the ticket for A Dem 1134. However according to Feuardent it should have an eagle. But several of the coins are no longer on their original tickets.The portrait is unbearded	Show
3	3		Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2769 = D 1441 = ETB coll., ex Naville 53, 2019, lot 285	25	13.45	12		Show