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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia; to left, altar
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
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

Number Number 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