RPC III, 5118

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5118
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
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 Pharos with statue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.56 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Decorated with statue and tritons.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58339
2 2     A: 95/282
3 3     Berk 67, 27 Aug. 1991, 532
4 4     ✸ Baldwin's & Dmitry Markov & M&M New York Sale XVII, 9 Jan. 2008, lot 143 = Naville 56, 22 Mar. 2020, lot 291 = Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2779 (ETB coll.)
5 5     Bertolami EA 236, 24 Sept. 2022, lot 860