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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design head of Heracles, wearing lion skin, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.93 g
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