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 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 L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (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

# Specimen 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