RPC III, 5095

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5095
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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
Reverse inscription L Β (?)
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Alexandria standing facing, head right, holding vexillum; to right, emperor (Hadrian) standing facing, head left, laureate-headed, wearing toga, clasping hands (and holding globe?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.12 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The inclusion of these coins here is not certain. The date is not legible on DS7543, but a B can be seen on the r. of DS7542 and now on the Naville picture of DS Supp. 50. They have previously been given to year 12, by both D (on the annotation to the rubbing of DS7542) and Savio (in DS Supp). But no I is visible, and traces of the obverse can be seen on DS Supp 50, which suggest that the obverse inscription had [ ]IANOC-AΔΡΙΑΝΟ[ ], suggesting the obverse of year 2. On Aiello = DS7543, [ ]ΝΟϹ ΑΔ[ ] can similarly be seen. Thus year 2 seems most likely.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS Supp 50 = Naville 42, 22 Jul, 2018, lot 314
2 2     DS7542
3 3     ✸ DS7543 = Aiello