RPC III, 5883

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5883
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 draped bust (small) of Demeter, veiled, right, torch on shoulder; to right, bust of Ammon, left, crowned with disc and holding small figure of Harpocrates, raising finger to lips
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 5884/1.
Note The design is seen as a reference to the question of Hadrian’s succession by L. Bricault, ‘La question de la succession d’Hadrien sur une monnaie inédite de l’atelier d’Alexandrie’, Pallas 90 (2012), 53-61 (this coin is illustrated by him on p. 53). He makes the suggestion also for the coins with Sarapis, Isis and Harpocrates, see below 5902.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NAC 52 (2009) lot 431