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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 (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 24.56 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 30 (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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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0602.65 BMC 790
3 3     L: 1864,1118.361 BMC 792
4 4     L: 1844,0425.2392 BMC 793
5 5     P: Delepierre 40
6 6     P: 1708
7 7     P: 1709
8 8     Cop SNG 369
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
18 18     O: HCR33137 M 1335
19 19     O: HCR33139 M 1337
21 21     A: 2183
22 22     A: 2184
23 23     A: 6703/1
24 24     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1055
25 25     Cologne Geissen 1057
27 27     D1797
28 28     DS7746
29 29     DS7756
30 30     DS7757
31 31     DS7758 = Künker 389 eLive, 23 June 2023, lot 2028
32 32     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2888 = ETB coll. = Heritage 3042, 17 Sept. 2015, lot 32184
33 33     Pudill Coll.
34 34     Münster: M 1692