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 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
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

Number Number 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