RPC III, 5021

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5021
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 ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ (sic) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Euthenia (?) standing facing, head right, holding sceptre; to right, Homonoia standing facing, head left, clasping hands with other figure and holding double cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Cited by A. Barb, review of Vogt, NZ 17 (1924), pp. 109-14, at p. 111, no. 24 as ‘Isis Pharia (mit Zepter, fliegendem Gewand) l., Euthenia (Ahrenkranz, Doppelfüllhorn) r., reichen sich die Hand’; Barb, immediately after mentioning this coin, discussed similar coins of Trajan, distinguishing them (with Isis as the figure on the r.) from this coin. The double cornucopia suggests Homonoia (no sign of a corn ear, as on other coins of year 2 (and elsewhere). It is hard to identify the other figure: obviously female, and with a sceptre. We have suggested Euthenia, as she occurs in this year and often holds a sceptre. The obv. is hard to read: [ ]ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ ]. ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ is not absolutely sure; and there seems insufficient room for ϹƐB at the end.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 24236