RPC III, 6021

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6021
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 ram standing, right; above, head of Sarapis (?), wearing kalathos (?), Ammon horn and radiate crown (?), right; to right, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.25 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Described in BMC as head of Zeus Ammon. The coin is not well preserved and the details not clear, especially whether the head wears a kalathos (Sarapis) or is crowned with a disc (Ammon). Sarapis seems more likely, since other designs for year 19 show him riding on a ram. On the coin in the Matthijs photofile, there is a lump that is probably intended to be a kalathos; and the hair is ordered in radiating lines, suggesting a radiate crown. It would make sense if it is the same head as appears on its own on 6023-6024
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.403 BMC 679
2 2     VCoins