RPC III, 5066


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5066 json ttl rdf xml
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)
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus 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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Optimus Aug Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Reverse design	laureate head of Trajan, with aegis, right
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
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!

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 28884		24			for the sake of clarity, the obv. legend seems to read ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ, with star in r. field, although the letters are confused at the beginning of Τraianos .	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1944.100.56369		24.7	12.50	12	same dies as B28884	Show
3	3		Forum Coins 2011				Forum Ancient Coins website (April 2011), 12.46g	Show