RPC III, 5477


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5477
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ ƐΝΑΤ, ΕΤ Θ or L ΕΝ = year 9
Dating	AD 124/5
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 draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ
Edition	ἔτ(ους) ἐνάτου
Translation	of year nine
Reverse design	Ammon standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, ram
Metal	silver
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	13.14 g
Axis	1, 12
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The positioning of 7497 on pl. 71 suggests that Dattari may have thought it depicted Zeus (presumably with ram, as it is at the end of the Zeus Ammon section: listed as Sarapis-Ammon in D).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56632			13.03	12	the ‘ram’ looks more like a panther; but the coins all seem to represent the same figure, who does seem to wear a disc on his head	Show
2	2	O: HCR26122	M 1094	24	12.94			Show
3	3 ✸	Cologne	Geissen 873	25	13.89	1		Show
4	4		Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 291 = DS7497	25.5	13.09			Show
5	5		Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2817 = ETB coll.	26.2	12.76	12		Show