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	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
Translation	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)

Number	Number	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