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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 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)

#	Specimen	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