RPC III, 5056


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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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.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1864,1118.353	BMC 664	24	12.78			Show
2	2	P: 1454						Show
3	3	C						Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.56361			11.83	12	uncertain spelling of Traianos	Show
5	5	O: HCR25932	M 857		12.96			Show
6	6 –7		D1534 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 321	24.8	11.73		also DS pl. 71, row 5 coin 4 (unnumbered). Perhaps also DS7504, though it might have a draped and cuirassed bust	Show
8	8		DS Supp 38					Show