RPC III, 5791

 

Image of specimen #45

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5791
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 131/2
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 ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Nilus seated on crocodile on rocks, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.79 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 85 (55 in the core collections)
Note Occasionally a hippopotamus: A Dem 2184, B 28662, Yale, BMC 791. NY has 5 with hippopotamus and 17 with crocodile
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1130 BMC 788
2 2     L: 1869,0602.66 BMC 789
3 3     P: AA.GR.5450 (D 1122)
4 4     P: AA.GR.5451 (D 1123)
5 5     P: Delepierre 38
6 6     P: Delepierre 39
8 8     P: Loriot 1984/768
9 9     B: 28662
10 10     B: 28798
11 11     B: 28798
12 12     B: 28884
13 13     B: Löbb.
14 14     B: Löbb.
15 15     B: Löbb.
16 16     C
17 17     C
18 18     C
19 19     Cop SNG 369
20 20     NY
21 21     NY
22 22     NY
23 23     NY
24 24     NY
25 25     NY
26 26     NY
27 27     NY
28 28     NY
29 29     NY
30 30     NY
31 31     NY
32 32     NY
33 33     NY
34 34     NY
35 35     NY
36 36     NY
37 37     NY
38 38     NY
39 39     NY
40 40     NY
41 41     NY
42 42     O: HCR33131 M 1329
43 43     O: HCR33132 M 1330
44 44     O: HCR33133 M 1331
45 45     ✸ O: HCR33134 M 1332
46 46     O: HCR33135 M 1333
47 47     O: HCR33136 M 1334
48 48     O: HCR33137 M 1335
49 49     O: HCR33138 M 1336
50 50     V: GR 2384
51 51     V: GR 24349
52 52     V: GR 24385
53 53     V: GR 24387
54 54     V: GR 24398
55 55     A: 2182
56 56     A: 2185
57 57     A: 6703/2
58 58     A: Dem 1365
59 59     A: Dem 1366
60 60     Brussels: 557
61 61     Brussels: 558
62 62     Cologne Geissen 1052
63 63     Cologne Geissen 1053
64 64     Cologne Geissen 1054
65 65     Cologne Geissen 1056
66 66     Vat: 461
67 67     Vat: 462
68 68     D1794
69 69     D1795 = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 128 (Figari - Mosconi 337)
70 70     Dresden
71 71     Dresden
72 72     DS7740
73 73     DS7741
74 74     DS7742
75 75     DS7745
76 76     Hirsch 269 (2010) lot 2802
77 77     B: 18201158, IB
78 78     L: TOW.1132 BMC 791
79 79     Künker Auction 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 564
80 80     CNG EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, lot 467
81 81     Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 71
82 82     Freiburg: 12844
83 83     D1796 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 70 (Figari - Mosconi 338)
84 84     Boston: 1985.1141
85 85     Boston: 1985.1143
86 86     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2887 = ETB coll. = CNG EA 388, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 340