RPC III, 5586

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5586
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους δεκάτου (ἔτους) δεκάτου
Translation of the tenth year
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis (?) with kalathos, right, with drapery on shoulder
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.80 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note As there is no palm on this coin (contrast the previous A Dem 1240= 5585), it may be intended to be someone other than Hermanubis, as it was identified by Milne. Keith Emmett wonders about Hermes. It is not very close to the A coin.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR26185 M 1156