RPC III, 5120


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5120
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	serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of ear of corn; in exergue, flowers (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.53 g
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Copper core from an originally silver-plated tetradrachm?

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Pudill coll.	23			the final ϹƐΒ is clear, but the exact spelling of TPAIANOC (or whatever) is not. A Dem 945AA (Trajan) is probably another specimen, though the obv. is unclear	Show
2	2 ✸				Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 209	27.7	9.53			Show