RPC III, 5847

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5847
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 Triptolemus in chariot, right, pulled by two winged serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.13 g
Axis 12
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.2649 BMC 687
2 2     ✸ P: 1738
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G: 350
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     O: HCR33153 M 1364
9 9     A: 2206
10 10     Brussels: 569
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1087
12 12     Vat: 494
13 13     D1848 = Kress 153, 1971, lot 462 (Figari - Mosconi 358)
14 14     Freiburg: 12855
15 15     Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 249, ex Dattari
16 16     Boston: 1985.1295