RPC III, 5974

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5974
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 Canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.53 g
Axis 12
Specimens 38 (18 in the core collections)
Note There are variants in the decoration of the Canopus: see, e.g., D. Some specimens have an atef crown (e.g. BMC 771), others a crown of horns, etc. (BMC 772).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1229 BMC 771
2 2     L: 1887,0704.58 BMC 778
3 3     P: 1830
4 4     P: 1831
5 5     ✸ B: B-I
6 6     B: B-I
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: Rauch
10 10     Cop SNG 396
11 11     Mu
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
17 17     O: HCR33230 M 1477
18 18     V: GR 24463
19 19     A: 6715/4
20 20     A: Dem 1455
21 21     A: ΔΚ179
23 23     Vat: 411
24 24     Vat: 412
25 25     D1652
26 26     D1653 = Naville 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 265
27 27     D1655 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 206
28 28     D1656 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 228
29 29     D1658
30 30     DS Supp 59
31 31     DS Supp 60 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 258
32 32     DS Supp 62
33 33     DS Supp 64
34 34     DS7586 = Ars et Nummus 4–5, 1973, lot 343 (Figari - Mosconi 300)
35 35     DS7587
36 36     DS7589 = Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot 265
37 37     Kellner 6.13
38 38     Astarte 24, 10 June 2025, lot 236 = Staffieri = CNA 12, 1990, lot 135 (Wetterstrom)
39 39     Boston: 1985.1297