RPC III, 5932

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5932
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 Harpocrates, right, wearing pschent crown and raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.89 g
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Note The cornucopia seems to be surmounted with a hawk. The design is perhaps supposed to be the same as the last, but the cornucopia (rather than a club) is very clear. On coins of other years, Harpocrates is depicted sometimes with cornucopia, sometimes with club.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D 1004
2 2     Cop SNG 391
3 3     G: 371
4 4     Mu
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     O: HCR34247
8 8     A: Dem 1427
9 9     Brussels: 593
10 10     Vat: 430
11 11     Vat: 431
12 12     Aiello
13 13     Madrid
14 14     Ven 4862
15 15     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 7, 5 June 2021, lot 181
16 16     ✸ Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 175