RPC III, 5166


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5166
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L Γ = year 3
Dating	AD 118/19
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 Γ
Edition	ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation	of year 3
Reverse design	kalathos in chariot pulled by two serpents, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Note	More
1	1 ✸	A: 150/291		33		Show
2	2		Matthijs photofile 1005	33	ex CNA 12, lot 153: a similar coin with an unclear date (obv. [ ] TPAIANOC ΑΔΡΙ [ ], i.e. the inscription used for years 2-4; same rev. die as A 150/291). Emmett 1005 (3) cites Harmer Rook (12 December 1986) lot 988	Show
3	3		DS7852		date illegible, but this is the only occurrence of the rev. under Hadrian. Traces of [ ] - ΑΔ[ ] can be made out suggesting the long obv. inscription appropriate for 5166	Show