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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 (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

# Specimen 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.