RPC III, 5538

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5538
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 Θ
Edition ἔτ(ους) θʹ
Translation of year 9
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn and double cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note 1 and 5 hold out a cornucopia (?) in front, and a single cornucopia to r. A variant representation of Homonoia, or a different personification?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.56605
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3185
3 3     Berk 65.75
4 4     ✸ D1393 = Naville Numismatics 82, 18 June 2023, lot 365
5 5     Emporium 70 (2013) lot 179