RPC III, 5902

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5902
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; to right, draped bust of Isis, crowned with taenia, disc and horns, left; between, small figure of Harpocrates, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia; below, eagle, with outstretched wings, standing facing, head left, on thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.61 g
Axis 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note Interpreted by L. Bricault as an allusion to the question of Hadrian’s succession – see 5883 above
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1174 BMC 749
2 2     P: AA.GR.5453 (D 1271)
3 3     NY
4 4     NY: 1944.100.57693
5 5     O: HCR33182 M 1411
6 6     V: GR 24429
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1129
8 8     D1843 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 78 (Figari - Mosconi 355) = Numismatik Naumann 111, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 664
9 9     ✸ Pudill coll.
10 10     Ven 4836