RPC III, 5911

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5911
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 bare head of Hadrian, left
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 34 mm
Average weight 23.95 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1935.117.764
2 2     V: GR 24445
3 3     A: 135/423
4 4     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 710
5 5     D2002
6 6     DS7911 = Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 104, 27 Sept. 2005, lot 515
7 7     Lanz 106 (2001) lot 427
8 8     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 342