RPC III, 5568

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5568
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L ΔΕ(ΚΑΤΟΥ) or L I = year 10
Dating AD 125/6
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 L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design helmeted nude bust of Ares (?), left (seen from rear)
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note D (‘Guerriero?’) compares the design with that of the standing figure on D1272 (year 9). See G.M. Staffieri, ‘Sulla testimonianza di un Ares policleteo nella monetazione imperiale alessandrina’, NAC 22 (1993), pp. 187-99, where the design is compared to the statue found at Hadrian’s villa. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/14789
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ OTH coll. = Leu EA 26, 10 July 2023, lot 2830, ex ETB coll. = D1271 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 59 (Figari - Mosconi 220)