RPC III, 5358

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5358
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 L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.48 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2 –4     NY
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.57332
6 6     A: Dem 1195
7 7     D1801 (hippopotamus) = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 237
8 8     DS Supp 112
9 9     DS7735 = Gemini 13, 6 Apr. 2017 (ex Art Institute of Chicago), lot 394, second coin
10 10     ETB coll., ex Naville Auction 23, 12 June 2016, lot249