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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 (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

# Specimen 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.