RPC III, 5874


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5874
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	Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	22.64 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY		33				Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.58420		34	22.64	12		Show
3	3		DS7576				Emmett 930 suggested year 20, but the date is clear on NY 1932-33, and the marks on the rubbing can just about be made into a H, as in L IH	Show