RPC III, 5959

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5959
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ or L ΙΘ = year 19
Dating AD 134/5
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 ΕΝΝΕΑΚ·Δ
Edition ἔτους ἐννεακαιδεκάτου (ἔτους) ἐννεακ(αι)δ(εκάτου)
Translation of the 19th year
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head right, holding serpent-staff (and olive branch)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.40 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note (and olive branch) added
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2924 = ETB coll., ex D1624 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 242
4 4     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2923 = ETB coll., ex D1625 = Naville 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 339
5 5     H. Williams coll.
6 6     Naville 75, 31 July 2022, lot 338, ex Dattari
7 7     CNG Triton XXIX Online Sessions, 21 Jan. 2026, lot 5682