RPC III, 5387


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5387
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L Z = year 7
Dating	AD 122/3
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 Ζ
Edition	ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation	of year 7
Reverse design	Emperor (Hadrian) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	19.12 g
Axis	1, 12
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.58370		34.4	21.18	12	Emmett 962 calls it an elephant biga, but 4 elephants are (just about!) visible	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.58371		35	17.17	12		Show
3	3	V: GR 24268					A. Barb, review of Vogt, NZ 17 (1924), pp. 109-14, at p. 111, nos. 28	Show
4	4	V: GR 24269					Barb no 29.	Show
5	5		RD81321					Show
6	6 ✸		CNG EA 562, 15 May 2024, lot 464	34.1	19.00	1		Show