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	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
Translation	of year 10
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)

Number	Number	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