RPC III, 5324

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5324
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L Ϛ = year 6
Dating AD 121/2
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; to r crescent
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Eusebeia standing facing, head right, placing incense on altar to left, and holding out box of incense
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.23 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Interpreted by Vogt I, pp. 98-99, as a reference to Plotina’s death.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     KN0088
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2800 = ETB coll., ex D1372 = Naville 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 254