RPC III, 5116

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5116
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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing facing, head left, resting hand on shrine and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58338
2 2     A: Dem 1137
3 3     ✸ Aiello