RPC III, 5853

 

Image of specimen #50

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5853
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 Pharos with statue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 50 (18 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1915,0902.8 BMC 2912
2 2     L BMC 885
3 3     P: AA.GR.5351 (D 304)
4 4     P: AA.GR.5403 (D 691) SNG 2868
5 5     P: 1745 SNG 1791
6 6     P: Fonds général 1745a (SNG 1791)
7 7     B: 18269169
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     Cop SNG 377
11 11     G: 369
12 12     Mu
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
17 17     O: HCR34234 M 1381
18 18     A: Dem 1392
19 19     Brussels: 576
20 20     Cologne Geissen 1082
21 21     Vat: 528
22 22     Yale: 2001.87.3947
23 23     DS 1933 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot253
24 24     Harvard: 2002.282.8 Kurpfaelzische Muenzhandlung, Mannheim 30 (1986), lot 128 = M&M Deutschland, Auktion 11, 7-8 November 2002, lot 203
25 25     C: CM.359-2017 NAC 92, Part 1, 23–24 May 2016, lot 556 = Roma Numismatics 13, 23 Mar. 2017, lot 510
26 26     Münster: 598
27 27     Freiburg: 12854
28 28     R. Hoppensteadt coll., ex Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 602
29 29     I. Sherif coll.
30 30     M. Thomas Coll., ex Roma Numismatics EA 97, 26 May 2022, lot 725 (year 16)
31 31     Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 238 = Savoca EA 167 Silver, 25 June 2023, lot 258
32 32     Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 613
33 33     CGB e-sale 2020, bpv_573877 = CNG EA 525, 19 Oct. 2022, lot 732
34 34     Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 270
35 35     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 286 (ex. J.-P Righetti coll.)
36 36     Solidus Numismatik EA 35, 28 Oct. 2018, lot 72
37 37     CNG EA 418, 11 Apr. 2018, lot 420
38 38     CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 262
39 39     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1782
40 40     Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung Mannheim 30, 1986, 128 = M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 203
41 41     Teutoburger 90, 27 Feb. 2015, lot 2099
42 42     Zagreb: 388 ex. Richard Schwieger collection (1931/2)
43 43     Zagreb: 389 ex. Curtius auction, Frankfurt, 1907
44 44     Amsterdam: GR-09248
45 45     Sotheby (Sale of the collection of Marcel Jungfleisch) 9 Mar. 1972, lot 79
46 46     Marseille: Cabinet des Médailles, 2022.0.655
47 47     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 225, 30 Nov. 2023, lot 509
48 48     Solidus Numismatik 101, 14 June 2022, lot 1257
49 49     Savoca Numismatic Online Auction 38, 2 Nov. 2019, lot 239 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 103, 28 Dec. 2021, lot 252
50 50     ✸ Savoca Coins Herakles 1, 14 Oct. 2024, lot 63