RPC III, 6045

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6045
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 head of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΝΕΑΚ·Δ
Edition (ἔτους) ἐννεακ(αι) δ(έκατος)
Translation of year nineteen
Reverse design temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis seated, left; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.62 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note For a coin in O with this obv. and rev. but apparently of year [ ]Δ, see commentary on the Sarapis Temple design of year 4 = 5245.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1805
2 2     P: Maspero 1967/1672
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58245
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58245
5 5     A: Dem 1452
6 6     Brussels: 602
7 7     D1965 = Kunst und Munzen 43, 1980, lot 133 (Figari - Mosconi 379)
8 8     D1967 = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 292
9 9     DS7884