RPC III, 5707


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5707
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
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right; (to right, Ι)
Reverse inscription	L ΙΑ (?)
Edition	(ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation	of year 11
Reverse design	torch (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	10 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	T. Holman, 'A Silenus Mask and Other Cult Symbols on Hadrian's Alexandrina Dichalkoi', Koinon: The International Journal of Classical Numismatics IV, 2021, has identified the reverse as a torch rather than a dagger
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			A: Dem 1311		10			letter I to r. of bust on obv. ‘Epée ou poignard’ (Feuardent); also occurs for year 9	Show
2	2				Collection FJ					Show