RPC III, 5929

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5929
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 Canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.96 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The date is not very clear (only Η is certain), but it must be L ΙΗ in view of the obverse.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1651
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 507, 5 Jan. 2022, lot 360