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III, 5898
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5898
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Volume
III
Number
5898
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 Ϲ
Ε
Β
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 half-figure (small) of Euthenia, facing, head half-right holding sistrum; to right half-figure (large) of Nilus, crowned with taenia and lotus buds, left, holding reed
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
24.44 g
Axis
12
Specimens
4 (2 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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L: 1844,0425.2359
BMC 796
33
24.46
‘Nilus and his spouse rising from the river’: BMC
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.57687
32
24.41
12
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3
3
A: 2387
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4
4
D1809
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