RPC III, 5655


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5655
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ or L ΙΑ = year 11
Dating	AD 126/7
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 ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition	ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου (ἔτους) ἑνδεκάτου
Translation	of the 11th year
Reverse design	Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal	silver
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	12.50 g
Axis	1, 11, 12
Specimens	14 (6 in the core collections)
Note	D1828 = = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 284 (24mm, 8.70) looks more like a plated tetradrachm than a diobol, as it is described in the sale catalogue.