RPC III, 5117


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5117
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ 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	Zeus seated, left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; to left, eagle
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	18.22 g
Axis	12
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 1944.100.57266		33.7	18.22	12	although the obv. inscription is not all visible, the spacing of ΑΔΡΙ[ ] suggest that the fuller version ending with ϹƐΒ was originally present	Show