RPC III, 5402


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5402
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	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	Pharos with statue
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				DS 1931	27			cited by H. Thiersch, Pharos. Antike Islam und Occident. Ein Beitrag zur Architekturgeschichte (Leipzig and Berlin, 1909), p. 6 no. 36 as a coin of year 17. Read as year 7 by Dattari, and his view is confirmed by the obv. inscription. The date on DS7855 is not clear (could it be Η?)	Show