RPC III, 5855

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5855
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 Apis bull, with crescent on flank and sun disc between the horns, standing, right (altar before)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.01 g
Axis 12
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: CR.1168 BMC 810
2 2     P: AA.GR.5421 (D 924)
3 3     P: Delepierre 41
4 4     P: 1742
5 5     C
6 6     Cop SNG 380
7 7     G: 374
8 8     G: 375 (no altar)
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     O: HCR34240 M 1387
12 12     O: HCR34241 M 1388
13 13     A: 2217
14 14     A: 6709
15 15     A: Dem 1396
16 16     Cologne Geissen 1067
17 17     Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 380 = D2008
18 18     Naville Numismatics 92, 13 Oct. 2024, lot 312 = DS7917 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 344
19 19     DS7918 = Kolner Munzkabinett 67, 1997, lot 555 (Figari - Mosconi 390)
20 20     Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 240