RPC III, 5916

 

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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 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
Translation of year 18
Reverse design sphinx seated, left, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.79 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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