RPC III, 5839

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5839
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IZ = year 17
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Poseidon standing, left, resting foot on rock and holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The date is not absolutely certain, but seems very likely to be L IZ. The design occurs in years 16, 19 and 21 (as well as 6 and 7), so it looks as if it may have existed for all of the later years of Hadrian. Confirmation required.
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