RPC III, 5102

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5102
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 ΤΡΑΙ(Α)ΝΟϹ 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 Emperor (Hadrian) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 18.00 g
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note TPAINOC. D1598 and BMC 859 clearly have TPAINOC (D incorrectly gives ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ); NY 1944.100.57249, 1944.100.57254 and 74.26.3288 have TPAINOC

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.191 BMC 859
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     D1598
6 6     Lucernae Numismatics VIGESIMO PRIMERA XXI, 21 July 2024, lot 161