RPC III, 5111


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5111 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	5111
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 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	Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding reed and cornucopia; to right, hippopotamus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	7 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 1445		33				Show
2	2 –3	NY					also perhaps A Dem 1139: but obv. illegible. NY 1944.100.57264 (12.67) is probably just a small specimen rather than a smaller denomination	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.57262		35	19.32	12		Show
5	5	O: HCR33049	M 859		21.39			Show
6	6	A: Dem 1136					obv. not clear	Show
7	7		DS7729 = Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 392	34	17.20			Show