RPC III, 5781

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5781
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IE = year 15
Dating AD 130/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Reverse design Emperor (Hadrian) standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; to right, Alexandria standing facing, head left, raising hand in greeting and holding vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.57496
2 2     ✸ NY: 1973.56.627
3 3     O: HCR33122
4 4     DS7532 = Naville 39, 29 Apr, 2018, lot 350