RPC III, 5245

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5245
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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing facing, head left, resting hand on shrine and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.27 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The coin in O, ex Baldwin 1997 (23.39 g) with Sarapis seated l. in temple, has a date which looks like [ ] Δ. But the laureate portrait faces to left, and the traces of the inscription are compatible only with the obv. inscription used in years 17-21. The left facing laureate bust occurs only in year 19 (and 20), when the rev. design also occurs (it differs from the Temple of Sarapis of year 4: e.g. Sarapis is standing in year 4).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.57298
2 2     ✸ A: 99/303
3 3     D1957 = Aiello
4 4     D1958