RPC III, 5855

 

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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 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 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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