RPC III, 5716

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5716
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 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 front
Reverse inscription L ΔΩΔΕΚ(Α)
Edition ἔτους δωδεκάτου (ἔτους) δωδεκά(του)
Translation of the 12th year
Reverse design Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed; below, crocodile or hippopotamus; above ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.56 g
Axis 11
Specimens 27 (15 in the core collections)
Note Hippopotamus instead of crocodile: D1805, DS7750-7751, O 1267-8, BMC 786 (“elephant”), BMC 787, A Dem 1317, 2123, Gorny & Mosch 160 (2007) lot 2053, G 314-5, B 28811, B Rauch, B B-I, Mu, Cop 346; C has 2 coins with crocodile, but 5 with hippopotamus. 
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0820.43 BMC 783
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Cop SNG 345
4 4     Cop SNG 346
5 5     G: 311
6 6     Mu
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     O: HCR33109 M 1264
15 15     O: HCR33110 M 1265
16 16     A: Dem 1316
17 17     Cologne Geissen 990
18 18     Vat: 469
19 19     D1807
20 20     DS Supp 115
21 21     DS7750
22 22     DS7753
23 23     Staffieri
24 24     Ven 4837
25 25     Freiburg: 12824
28 28     ✸ CNG 127, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 388 = NAC 132, 30 May 2022, lot 536, ex Weber 8336
29 29     Cologne Geissen 990