RPC III, 5882

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5882
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design two canopi, on basis enclosing bull, right; to left, Isis standing facing, head right, holding sceptre; to right, Harpocrates standing facing, head left, raising finger to lips and holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 5360
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58469
3 3     Emporium 30 (1993) lot 263 = KN0097
4 4     GM 196 (2011) lot 2300