RPC III, 5194

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5194
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L Δ = year 4
Dating AD 119/20
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 Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding stalk of corn and sistrum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.96 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note There is the usual uncertainty about this coin: is it the core of a plated tetradrachm, or is it really a bronze coin of this denomination?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58347