RPC III, 5916

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5916
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, left, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design sphinx seated, left, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.73 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Rogers
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.57715
3 3     A: 2261
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1136
5 5     D1998 = Munz Zentrum 61, 1987, lot 447 (Figari - Mosconi 388)
6 6     Dresden
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinet 108, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 417
8 8     Staffieri coll. (2020): see CIN (Taormina) Maestro della testa nuda di Adriano
9 9     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 291
10 10     Naville Numismatics 94, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 425, ex Dattari