RPC III, 5907

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5907
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 serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, with head of Sarapis, enfolding two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 27.12 g
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.931 BMC 745
2 2     P: 1779
3 3     B: 96/1892
4 4     Mu
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     A: Dem 1420
8 8     Aiello
9 9     D1827 = Vecchi 10, lot 52 (Figari - Mosconi 348)