RPC III, 5927

 

Image of specimen #45

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5927
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 Apis bull standing, with crescent on flank (and sun disc between the horns), right; altar before
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.87 g
Axis 12
Specimens 48 (33 in the core collections)
Note /40 moved to 5929. L. Bricault has pointed out that the bull without a sun disc is not the Apis bull but a lunar bull.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0717.30 BMC 811
2 2     P: AA.GR.5432 (D 1049)
3 3     P: AA.GR.5366 (D 1222)
4 4     P: AA.GR.5367 (D 1229)
5 5     P: AA.GR.5374 (D 170)
6 6     P: AA.GR.5383 (D 528)
7 7     P: AA.GR.5416 (D 774)
8 8     P: D 788
9 9     P: AA.GR.5427 (D 865)
10 10     P: AA.GR.5434 (D 994)
11 11     P: 1780
12 12     P: 1781
13 13     P: Maspero 1967/1693
14 14     B: Fox
15 15     B: Fox
16 16     B: Löbb.
17 17     B: Löbb.
18 18     C McClean 9867
19 19     Cop SNG 392
20 20     G: 373
21 21     Mu
22 22     NY
23 23     NY
24 24     NY
25 25     NY
26 26     NY
27 27     O: HCR34252
28 28     O: HCR34249 M 1436
29 29     O: HCR34250 M 1437
30 30     O: HCR34251 M 1438
31 31     V: GR 24451
32 32     V: GR 24452
33 33     V: GR 24453
34 34     A: 1928
35 35     A: 2265
36 36     A: 6713
37 37     A: 6713/2
38 38     Cologne Geissen 1099
39 39     Cologne Geissen 1100
41 41     Cologne Geissen 1102
42 42     D2009 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 240 = Roma XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 763 = Roma Numismatics XXI, 24 Mar. 2021, lot 378
43 43     D2010
44 44     DS7919
45 45     ✸ OTH coll. = DS7920 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 81 (Figari - Mosconi 391)
46 46     DS7921 = Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot 263
47 47     Dresden
48 48     Freiburg: 12858
49 49     R. Pudill coll. (ex Emporium Hamburg 54, 17 Nov. 2005, lot 548)