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 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 Sarapis seated, left, on throne decorated with two Nikai, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.96 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
11 11     Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex GSA Numis, Auction 6, April 13th, 2025, lot 195)