RPC III, 5861

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5861
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 bust of Harpocrates, right, raising finger to lips and holding club surmounted by hawk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.55 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note There is a coin of this denomination and design in the Vatican (Vatican 439), which might also be of year 17 (a ticket under the coin by E. Christiansen confirms). But the date is not at all clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 24416
2 2     DS7658 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 285