RPC III, 5240

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5240
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L Δ = year 4
Dating AD 119/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) 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 Nilus reclining on crocodile or hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.21 g
Axis 12
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58343
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     ✸ O: HCR33071 M 949
6 6     A: Dem 1165 (crocodile)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 797
8 8     DS7733 (crocodile) = Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot 253
9 9     DS7748 (hippopotamus)
10 10     Ven 4789
11 11     Cologne Geissen 845 ('year 7')
12 12     CGT coll.