RPC III, 5849

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5849
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 Ammon standing facing, head left, holding atef crown or patera and sceptre; to left, ram
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.00 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some coins confused with RPC III, 5454. 'or patera' added to rev. description
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.57620
2 2     A: 2215
3 3     D1890
4 4     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2904 = ETB coll., ex DS7820 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 284
5 5     NY: 1944.100.57610
6 6     DS7822
7 7     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 453
8 8     P: 1721
9 9     ✸ DS7821 = Aiello