RPC III, 5525


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5525
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΕΤ Θ
Reverse design	Ares standing facing, head right, holding parazonium and spear
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The coins described as year 9 with Canopus and Agathodaemon (Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lots 389-90: reverses illustrated) seem more like year 5.