RPC III, 5439

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5439
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design head of Heracles, wearing lion skin, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Note This design has sometimes been misinterpreted as having Hadrian with a head of posthumous Trajan on the reverse. See also 5420 and 5501
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Mu
4 4     NY
5 5     NY
6 6     O: HCR26079
7 7     A: 185/342
8 8     Cologne Geissen 854
9 9     Auctiones 7 (1977) lot 428
10 10     CNG 6 (1989) lot 276
11 11     DS7427 = Naville 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 332
12 12     DS7428
13 13     Kellner 5.7
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 556, 21 Feb. 2024, lot 353