RPC III, 5908

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5908
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design serpents (Agathodaemon and Uraeus)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 29 (12 in the core collections)
Note Agathodaemon and Uraeus. Various attributes are found with them. Corn ear (A) and corn ear and poppies (U): K1096; caduceus (A) and sistrum (U): K1097, P1805; caduceus (A) and sistrum and poppy (U): K1098; caduceus (A) and corn ears (U): P FG 1804.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.22 BMC 844
2 2     ✸ L: 1864,1118.398 BMC 845
3 3     P: 1778
4 4     P: 1832
5 5     G: 359
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     O: HCR33195 M 1424
12 12     V: GR 24450
13 13     A: 2251
14 14     A: 2252 A 2253
15 15     A: 6712
16 16     A: 6712/1
17 17     A: Dem 1421
18 18     Brussels: 589
19 19     Cologne Geissen 1096 K1097
20 20     Cologne Geissen 1098
21 21     D1989 = Kress 154, 1972, lot 354 = Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1927 (Figari - Mosconi 385)
22 22     D1990
23 23     D1991 = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 76 (Figari - Mosconi 386)
24 24     Dresden
25 25     DS7901 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 130
26 26     DS7902
27 27     DS7903
28 28     Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 392 = DS7904
29 29     Matthijs