RPC III, 5846


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5846
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	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	temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Emperor (Hadrian), laureate-headed, wearing toga, standing right, holding sceptre; to right, Sarapis standing, left, holding wreath and sceptre; between, altar inscribed ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	20.53 g
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				D1947 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 316	32.5	20.53		date not legible. D says that of the altar ‘sul cui frontone vi sono due Nike colati che supportono un disco’, but that is not suggested by the rubbing in DS	Show