RPC III, 5714

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5714
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L ΔWΔƐΚΑΤΟΥ = year 12
Dating AD 127/8
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 ΔΩΔΕΚ(ΑΤ)(ΟΥ)
Edition (ἔτους) δωδεκάτου
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.61 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 42 (26 in the core collections)
Note BMC 616 is a coin with this type and obv. legend, but the date seems to read LIB (so BMC). The coin seems genuine, but LIB is presumably actually LIH (the last numeral is off flan), in view of the obv. legend, i.e. it is a coin like BMC 620ff = 5871.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: CR.1051 BMC 615
2 2     P
3 3     P: AA.GR.5444 (D 1112)
4 4     P: AA.GR.5445 (D 1113)
5 5     P: 1629
6 6     P: 1630
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     C
10 10     Cop SNG 342
11 11     G: 283
12 12     Mu
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
17 17     NY
18 18     NY
19 19     NY
20 20     O: HCR26238 M 1253
21 21     O: HCR26239 M 1254
22 22     O: HCR26240 M 1255
23 23     O: HCR26241 M 1256
24 24     V: GR 24306
25 25     V: GR 24307
26 26     V: GR 24340
27 27     A: Dem 1313
28 28     A: ΔΚ84
29 29     A: ΔΚ91
30 30     Cologne Geissen 983
31 31     Cologne Geissen 984
32 32     Cracow 34
33 33     D1475 = Peus 296, 1978, lot 447 (Figari - Mosconi 266)
34 34     D1476
35 35     Dresden
36 36     ETB coll., ex DS7470 = Naville 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 334
37 37     FG 1628
38 38     Staffieri
39 39     Münster: 495
40 40     Freiburg: 12822
41 41     Bochum: M 2097
42 42     Private Coll. OTH, ex Hess Divo 340, lot 144