RPC III, 5425


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5425
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L H = year 8
Dating	AD 123/4
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; to right, crescent
Reverse inscription	L Η
Edition	(ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation	of year 8
Reverse design	ship with sail, right
Metal	silver
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	14.27 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			NY: 1944.100.56546		24.1	13.11	12	Birley, Hadrian, p. 151 interprets the coin as a reference to Hadrian’s voyage to the East, but the design also occurs in years 4-7	Show
2	2 ✸				Pudill coll., ex Gorny & Mosch 301, 2024, lot 141	25	15.43			Show