RPC III, 5863

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5863
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 Harpocrates standing facing, head left, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note Seen from rear corrected from seen from front

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 379
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57596
4 4     V: GR 24271
5 5     V: GR 24417
7 7     Cologne: 3466 D1722 (Figari - Mosconi 314)
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 367
9 9     O: HCR34238 M 1385
10 10     O: HCR34239 M 1386
11 11     Cologne Geissen 3466
12 12     DS7675 (ram) = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 246