RPC III, 5909

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5909
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 sphinx with crown of disc, horns and feathers, with crocodile emerging from chest, walking, right, on serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 5897/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18201166, 1892/96
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58114
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1130
4 4     Aiello
5 5     Aiello
6 6     D2005 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 240