RPC III, 5840

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5840
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 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
Translation of year 17
Reverse design radiate bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos, Ammon horn and laurel wreath; to left, trident; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.12 g
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 229/413
2 2     Bern: 96
3 3     Curtis
4 4     ✸ Hees-Divo 339, 22 Oct. 2020, lot 59 = Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 504 = I-B, MG pl. J, 15 = Künker 376, 18 Oct. 2022, lot 4988
5 5     Niggeler 711
6 6     B: 18201159
7 7     Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 168