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 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) δωδεκά(του)
Translation of year 12
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

Number Number 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