RPC III, 5298A (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5298A (forgery)
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 and draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ L Ε
Edition ὁμόνοια (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Concord, of year 5
Reverse design clasped hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.10 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as RPC IV.4 2700/3, 5–6.
Note A modern forgery. The coin has the wrong obv. bust and inscription for year 5. It also has the same rev. die with a coin of Marcus Aurelius (D2046AA/1896/7, IA 452/816), a coin itself which seems a bit suspicious (info from C. Howgego). The fabric of the Hadrian coin looks (to judge from a photo) unconvincing. Both coins are probably modern forgeries.
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