RPC III, 5564

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5564
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
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian (?), right
Reverse inscription L ΕΝ
Edition (ἔτους) ενάτου
Translation of year 9
Reverse design Silenus mask
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.19 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note For the identification of the reverse, see T. Holman, 'A Silenus Mask and Other Cult Symbols on Hadrian's Alexandrina Dichalkoi', Koinon: The International Journal of Classical Numismatics IV, 2021.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1966.7.1
2 2     A: 211/279
3 3     ✸ Aiello
4 4     Trade (Zurqieh)