RPC III, 5035


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5035
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 ΤΡΑΙΝΟ [ ]
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραι<α>νὸ(ς) [---]
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan [---]
Obverse design	uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	15.91 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	In neither case is it clear if the inscription is with or without ϹEB. Confirmation required.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			B: Löbb.		27	17.27		this is a strange coin in B. It is presumably supposed to be a denomination smaller than the AE 33, since its diameter is 28 mm, though on a very thick flan (hence heavy weight: 17.27 g). The obverse probably reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ[ ].	Show
2	2 ✸				Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2773 = ETB coll., ex D1770 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018. lot 275	30.3	14.55	12	not a very clear coin: only the beginning of the inscription is legible.	Show