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	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
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

Number	Number	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		Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 336 = DS7550	33.4	29.39		Show