RPC III, 5291

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5291
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
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 Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design temple (Greco-Egyptian) with two columns enclosing statue of Isis Thermouthis, anguipede, holding torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.71 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the figure in the shrine is uncertain. The ticket in NY calls it ‘pantheistic Demeter’: it does seem to hold torches and have a polos on its head. See also the anguipede figure depicted on coins of year 21, identified as Isis Thermouthis.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58354