RPC III, 5861

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design bust of Harpocrates, right, raising finger to lips and holding club surmounted by hawk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
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