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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός 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 (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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1948