RPC III, 5859

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5859
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 Elpis walking, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1736
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     B: Knobelsdorf
4 4     Cop SNG 378
5 5     NY: 1973.56.629
7 7     A: 231/417
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1076
9 9     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2906 = ETB coll., ex Naville 63, 2021, lot 306 = Private coll. OTH, ex D1687 = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 3
10 10     Ven 4858
11 11     Naville Numismatics 94, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 424 = Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 407