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
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	Apis bull, right; before, altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.80 g
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.