RPC III, 5796

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5796
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 Sarapis seated, left, on throne decorated with two Nikai, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.31 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     NY
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.57550
4 4     O: HCR33130 M 1328
5 5     V: GR 24389
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1059
7 7     D1833 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 303
8 8     NY: 1938.70.3
9 9     ETB coll., ex LAC Vcoins
10 10     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2167