RPC III, 5753

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5753
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IΔ = year 14
Dating AD 129/30
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 ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Harpocrates standing facing, head right, raising finger to lips and placing cornucopia on column; to right, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1675
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57465
3 3     NY: 1944.100.57466
4 4     A: Dem 1337
5 5     Berk 77.514
6 6     ✸ Staffieri = D 1724 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 64
7 7     DS7661
8 8     Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 387 corr.