RPC III, 5900

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5900
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 of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and laurel wreath, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 24.18 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The coin with a radiate bust of Sarapis with Ammon horn is regarded here as a coin of year 8 (DS7790 = 5454).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57688
3 3     A: 6711/1
4 4     D1819 = Kress 154, 1979, lot 349 (Figari - Mosconi 345)
5 5     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 294, ex D1820
6 6     ✸ Nomos Obolos 9, 18 Mar. 2018, lot 263
7 7     T. Holman coll.