RPC III, 5297

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5297
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L E = year 5
Dating AD 120/1
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑ]ΙϹ ΤΙΙΑΝΟϹ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τ{ι}<ρα>ιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς 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
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Caduceus and four ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.69 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The unexpected obv. inscription is that given by D had ΤΡΑΑΝΟϹ, but it seems more as given here from the actual coin.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2798 = ETB coll., ex Naville 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 198 = D1903