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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5298 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |
Edition | 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 |
Translation | of year 5 |
Reverse design | eagle standing, right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 9.17 g |
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). |