RPC III, 5656

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5656
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 cornucopia; to left, altar
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.94 g
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Note ‘Sarapis’ (D), ‘Sarapis-Nilus’ (O), Eusebeia (BMC), Eusebeia (SNG Milan). The figure is male (he is bearded), and wears a kalathos on his head (clear on the V coin). /12 deleted as = /9.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.36 BMC 2821
2 2     ✸ L: 1939,0511.15 BMC 2822
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     O: HCR26224 M 1202
6 6     O: HCR26225 M 1203
7 7     V: GR 24308
8 8     A: 220/391
9 9     Cologne Geissen 3465 = D1468 (Figari - Mosconi 264)
10 10     Vat: 351
11 11     Aiello
13 13     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2845 = ETB coll., ex DS12244 = Naville 63, 2021, lot 299
14 14     Milan SNG 986