RPC III, 5369


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5369
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L Ϛ
Reverse design	Apis bull, right; before, altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)
Note	P FG 1898bis is of an uncertain year (and uncertain emperor). Seen by Birley, p. 142, as a reference to the identification of the Apis bull. See also 5354.