RPC III, 5283

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5283
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L E = year 5
Dating AD 120/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     NY: 1944.100.57315
4 4     O: HCR33077 M 992
5 5     O: HCR33078 M 993
6 6     A: Dem 1181
7 7     D1800 (hippopotamus) = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 234
8 8     ✸ D1784 (crocodile) = Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot255
9 9     DS Supp 106
10 10     DS7734 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 204
11 11     DS7749 (hippopotamus)
12 12     Harvard
13 13     Naville Numismatics 86, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 334