RPC III, 5890

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5890
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 Dioscuri (clothed) standing facing, each holding parazonium and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.33 g
Axis 12
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1931,0417.1 BMC 2880
2 2     L: HPB,p168.7 BMC 706
3 3     L: 1862,0715.18 BMC 707
4 4     P: 1759
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3391
10 10     O: HCR33174 M 1403
11 11     O: HCR33175 M 1404
12 12     Brussels: 581
13 13     Künker eLive 90, 1 Dec. 2025, lot 180 = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 339 = D1684
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1113
15 15     Freiburg: 12613
16 16     Boston: 1985.1152
17 17     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 289 = CNG EA 395, 12 Apr. 2017, lot 299, ex Righetti
18 18     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2909 = ETB coll. = Roma EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 350