RPC III, 5096


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5096
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
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Ares standing facing, head right, holding parazonium and spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	18.29 g
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			P: 1448					the inscription on the obv. is strangely garbled – perhaps the result of modern tooling? The style is good, suggesting the coin is not an imitation	Show
2	2 ✸			O: HCR33056	M 889	33	18.29			Show