RPC III, 5856


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5856
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 front
Reverse inscription	L ΙΖ
Edition	ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation	of year 17
Reverse design	Apis bull standing, sun disc between the horns, right; altar before
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	9.89 g
Axis	12
Specimens	9 (5 in the core collections)
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)