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 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; 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

# Specimen 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