RPC III, 5776

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5776
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IE = year 15
Dating AD 130/1
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 head of Hadrian right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Edition ἔτους ιεʹ (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and laurel wreath, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.47 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Original comment, before /2 was discovered: Unique. Note that the obv. bust is the same as that used on small AE denominations; however the coin cannot be a cast forgery in silver since the reverse design is not used on small denominations. In addition, the fabric of the coin is different from that normal for AE (e.g. the edge is not bevelled).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1689
2 2     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2878 = ETB coll., ex eBay KOC Numismatik
3 3     Savoca E279, lot 160