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
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 serpents (Agathodaemon and Uraeus)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 25.48 g
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