RPC III, 5793

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5793
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, right, holding reed and cornucopia; to right, Euthenia standing facing, head left, holding sistrum and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.12 g
Axis 12
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps also D1810 (‘LI’: but the date is not very clear and all other 33 mm bronzes of year 10 have the numeral in full)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1924,1215.1 BMC 2887
2 2     G: 334
3 3     G: 347
4 4     NY
5 5     O: HCR33143 M 1339
6 6     A: 129/409
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1058
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     D1811 = Kunst und Munzen XXII, 1981, lot 304 (Figari - Mosconi 343)
10 10     ✸ Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 72
11 11     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2889 = ETB coll., ex Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot 219
12 12     Freiburg: 12845