RPC III, 5992

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5992
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 Euthenia (?) seated, left, head right, holding uncertain object and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.65 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The identification of the deity is not certain. She seems different from the deity on the similar coins identified here as Demeter (with veiled head): see above 5979. She might be holding a snake (Uraeus), in which case it is unlikely.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58428
2 2     DS7656