RPC III, 5069

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5069
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊανὸς 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 L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Alexandria wearing cap in form of elephant’s head, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56380
3 3     ✸ ETB coll., ex Savoca 81, lot 877