RPC III, 5023

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5023
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 on hippopotamus (or crocodile), left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.81 g
Axis 12
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1446
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.57263
4 4     O: HCR33038 M 841
5 5     O: HCR33039 M 842
6 6     O: HCR33040 M 843
7 7     Cologne Geissen 760
8 8     D1782 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 394
9 9     D1798 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 275
10 10     DS7732
11 11     DS7747 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 269