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 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) ἐννεακ(αι) δ(έκατος)
Translation of year nineteen
Reverse design Canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.11 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

Number Number 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     Staffieri
39 39     Boston: 1985.1297