RPC III, 5873


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5873
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L IH = year 18
Dating	AD 133/4
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 ΙΗ
Edition	ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation	of year 18
Reverse design	Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	29.39 g
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)
Note	BMC 680, supposedly of year 14 = Emmett 916 (14), might be another specimen. So also B28798 (with a dog), but the date is not legible

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	B: 28884					Show
2	2 ✸	A: 2244		33		only [LI] H is clear, but probably year 18 to judge from the obverse	Show
3	3	A: 106/339				kept with coins of year 8, but the obv. shows it must be of year 18	Show
4	4		R. Pudill coll. (ex Kölner Münzkabinett 122, W. Wishnevsky coll., 4 Oct. 2024, lot 336 = DS7550)	33.4	29.39		Show