RPC III, 5328

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5328
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 hippopotamus standing, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 270
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56516
3 3     O: HCR26070 M 1026
4 4     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2801 = ETB coll., ex Naville 54, 2019, lot 289 = D1578
5 5     DS7521
6 6     RD81315
7 7     ✸ Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 440, 1 June 2007, lot 50054
8 8     DS 1578 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 205
9 9     Boston: 1985.1121