RPC III, 5925

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 233/415
2 2     DS7794