RPC III, 5357


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5357
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 (?)
Reverse inscription	[ΝΙΚΗ] ΚΑΙϹΑ[ΡΙ], L Ϛ
Edition	Νίκη Καίσαρι (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation	Victory to Caesar, of year 6
Reverse design	Nike standing, right, inscribing shield
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Emmett 1008 (?)	33			Emmett p. 288 no. 1008 (date illegible). The year is not visible, but the obv. seems definitely to have the inscription used in years 4-8. The very similar design on the tetradrachms makes an attribution to year 6 seem very likely: but confirmation required	Show