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
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 Γ
Edition	(ἔτους) γʹ
Translation	of year 3
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.