RPC III, 5027

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5027
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 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design temple (classical) with two columns enclosing statue of Athena, left, holding shield and sceptre (or spear?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note ‘Tabernacolo di Athena. Tabernacolo simile, tra le colonne Athena in piede a s.; la d. sullo scudo posato a terra, riposa la s. sopra lo scettro. Nel campo, L B’. The description of the obv. suggests that the coin was fairly worn: ‘[ΑΥΤΚΑΙϹΤΡΑΙ]ΑΝΟϹ [ΑΔΡΙΑΝ]ΟϹ’. Unfortunately no rubbing in DS: confirmation required. If it were a very worn coin then it might be a confusion with the Temple enclosing Sarapis (see later in year 2).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1948