RPC III, 5910

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5910
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 sphinx with crown of disc, horns and feathers, with crocodile emerging from chest, walking, right, on serpent; above, griffin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.18 g
Axis 12
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)
Note Geissen identified the figure as the god Toutou, and the small griffin as Petbe, the Avenger. See also Trajan, year 13 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.397 BMC 852
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: oN
8 8     G: 361
9 9     Mu
10 10     NY
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     A: Dem 1422
15 15     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1131
16 16     Cracow 42
17 17     D2003
18 18     DS7912
19 19     DS7913a now moved to 5458A (year 8)
20 20     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2914 = ETB coll., ex London Coin Galleries 4, 2017, lot 707