RPC III, 5979

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 5979
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 Demeter (?) veiled, seated left, holding ears of corn and sceptre (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 26.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the deity is not certain. Pudill regards it as Isis with sistrum and sceptre; the NY coin 1944.100.58430 is labelled ‘Demeter', and she does seem to be holding corn ears and a torch or scepte; the placing of DS7656 on his pl. 82 suggests Dattari thought it was Euthenia. On both the Pudill and Staffieri coins the figure is holding corn ears and a torch or sceptre; and she seems to be veiled, so Demeter seems the most likely identification. She seems different from the deity on NY 1944.100.58428 (see 5992 below: Euthenia?)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58430
2 2     A: Dem 1459
3 3     ✸ DS7656 = Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 83 ('Euthenia')
4 4     Pudill coll. = Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2301