RPC III, 5066

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5066
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Divus)
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; to right, star
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕ - ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑ, L Β
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἄρι(στος) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ὸς) Πα(ρθικός) (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation Emperor Trajan Optimus Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus, of year 2
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, with aegis, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.50 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
Note See A. Burnett, ‘The early coinage of Hadrian and the deified Trajan at Rome and Alexandria’, AJN 20 (2008), pp. 459-77: in the article the two NY coins (5066/2 and 5067/1 were omitted in error!
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28884
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.56369
3 3     Forum Coins 2011