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Image of specimen #24 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5792 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |