RPC III, 5011

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5011
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 serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Note The configuration of the caduceus and the corn ear, and the placing of the date, may vary.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     C
3 3     NY
4 4     O: HCR25922 M 835
5 5     O: HCR25923 M 836
6 6     ✸ O: HCR25924 M 837
7 7     O: HCR25925 M 838
8 8     A: Dem 1133
9 9     Brussels: 428
10 10     Cologne Geissen 743
11 11     D1538
12 12     Osnabrück 1
13 13     Boston: 1985.1114