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 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 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

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