RPC III, 5458A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5458A
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L H = year 8
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design sphinx with crown of disc, horns and feathers, with crocodile emerging from chest, walking, right, on serpent; above, griffin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.10 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Geissen identified the figure as the god Toutou, and the small griffin as Petbe, the Avenger. See also Trajan, year 13.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2815 = ETB coll., ex DS7913a = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 290