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
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 Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn and double cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
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