RPC III, 5174


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5174
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L Γ
Reverse design	serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)
Note	These do not seem to be plated cores of a tetradrachm, but look like proper bronze coins.