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	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	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)

#	Specimen	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