RPC III, 5792

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5792
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 hippopotamus or crocodile on rocks, left, holding cornucopia and reed; (lotos flowers below)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.08 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 29 (17 in the core collections)
Note Crocodile: BMC 790; hippopotamus: BMC 792-793, B 28798, DS7757-7758. Other specimens not classified, but NY has 4 with crocodile and 4 with hippopotamus
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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