RPC III, 5601


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5601
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	Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Emmett	33			the date is not certain, but [ ]ΚΑΤΟΥ indicates 10 or 11 (not 12). One would have expected to see a little more of the inscription if it were 11, so 10 seems more likely	Show
2	2				Emmett	33			also = Jungfleisch 77: ‘Drachms …. Nilus reclining ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ’, but it is not illustrated. Could it be the same coin?	Show