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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 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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