RPC III, 5845

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5845
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing, right holding sceptre and presenting globe; to right, Emperor (Hadrian), laureate-headed, wearing toga, standing left, holding sceptre; between, altar inscribed ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.79 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1084
2 2     ✸ ETB coll., ex D1946 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 74 = Vechi 10, lot 54 (Figari - Mosconi 374)
3 3     O: HCR33169 M 1380