RPC III, 5462

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5462
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 triumphal arch with three arches, surmounted by sestiga with statue of Emperor, raising hand and holding sceptre; to left and right, trophy with captives
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.73 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58383
2 2     A: 6684/2
3 3     Aiello
4 4     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2816 = ETB coll. = Roma EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 347