RPC III, 5101

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5101
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)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τρ<α>ιανὸς 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 Emperor (Hadrian) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.12 g
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 111/1919
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57252
3 3     NY: 1944.100.57253
4 4     O: HCR33054 M 864
5 5     O: HCR33055 M 865
6 6     V: GR 24234 (?)
7 7     V: GR 24235
8 8     A: Dem 1140
9 9     Cologne Geissen 756
10 10     Berk 66.492
11 11     D1597
12 12     Brisbane: 2074
13 13     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2778 = ETB coll.