RPC III, 5452

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5452
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
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Nilus reclining on crocodile (or hippopotamus), left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, lotos flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.57350
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58382
4 4     O: HCR33096 M 1065
5 5     A: Dem 1210
6 6     D1785
7 7     D1803 (hippopotamus) = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 201
8 8     D1804 (hippopotamus; lotus flowers in exergue) = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 396
9 9     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2814 = ETB coll., ex DS Supp 113 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 246
10 10     DS Supp 114
11 11     CGT coll.