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 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 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

Number Number 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