RPC III, 5925

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5925
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 laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design bust of Selene, crowned with crescent left, torch on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note This is a rather unexpected design, since otherwise the two designs for this denomination seem well established. But cf. the similar coin (no date visible) for Sabina: P FG 1903 (here with coins of uncertain date = 6274)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 233/415
2 2     DS7794