RPC III, 5527


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5527
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 left, raising hand to helmet and holding spear; to left, shield
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)
Note	D compares the subject (‘Guerriero’) with the helmeted head on D1271/5568 (year 10). This figure is clearly male, unlike the Athena on the M coin below = 5531. The date is not very clear on either coin: confirmation required.