RPC III, 5854

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5854
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 Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Axis 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note Wrong type originally illustrated in RPC III: muddled with 5849 (Ammon).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1720
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY
6 6     V: GR 24412
7 7     A: Dem 1390
8 8     Vat: 484
9 9     Vat: 485
10 10     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2905 = ETB Coll., ex Naville 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 159, ex D1829
11 11     ✸ DS7766 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 2025, lot 156
12 12     DS7767 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 368
13 13     DS7768