RPC III, 5467

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5467
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 Zeus-Sarapis, radiate (?), standing on capital, right, holding sceptre and uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.49 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note D1580 was attributed to year 5 in D, but the date is not clear as the rubbing in DS shows, and the two coins seem to be struck from the same dies. D suggested ‘colonna Traiana?’ for D1580, followed by Vogt I, p. 90 , II p. 44 (also reading year 5), but B. Woytek has shown that the design is different and perhaps refers to a statue of Hadrian as Sarapis (cf. the coin with ΕΙϹ ΖΕΥϹ ΣΑΡΑΠΙϹ (5466), which seems to have the same figure). The figure is clearly radiate on the Staffieri coin, and both D1580 and DS Supp 41 could also both be radiate.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1580 = Aiello
2 2     ✸ DS Supp 41 = Bertolami 338, 26 May 2025, lot 51