RPC III, 5056

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5056
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 ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τρ<α>ιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note The placing of the caduceus and the corn ear, and of the date, may vary.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.353 BMC 664
2 2     P: 1454
3 3     C
4 4     NY: 1944.100.56361
5 5     O: HCR25932 M 857
6 6 –7     D1534 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 321
8 8     DS Supp 38