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 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 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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# Specimen 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.