RPC III, 5298

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5298
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 eagle standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The appearance of DS 7929 in the recent sales shows that it is indeed a bronze coin (thin flan, bevelled edges), not the core of a plated coin (see comment in printed version of RPC III).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ ETB coll., ex Naville 54, 2019, lot 287 = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 274 = DS 7929
2 2     DS7930 (?): moved to year 19