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	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 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)

#	Specimen	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