RPC III, 5098

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5098
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 ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Emperor (Hadrian) standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 16 (11 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps also P FG 1451: but obv. illegible; and P AA GR 5370: only [ ]ΝΟϹΑΔ – ΡΙΑ[ ] visible.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1452
2 2     G: 309
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     O: HCR33053 M 863
11 11     V: GR 33472
12 12     Cologne Geissen 758
13 13     D1585
14 14     R. Effler coll. (ex ETB coll., ex Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 725; Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2777)
15 15     CGT coll. = VAuctions 287, 13 Sept. 2012, lot 134
16 16     ✸ Shonouda coll.