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	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
Translation	of year eleven
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.