RPC III, 6055

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6055
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 Zeus reclining on eagle, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.39 g
Axis 12
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Note The very worn P FG 1691, which seems to have [L I]Θ, is probably a coin of Trajan. The design occurs for Trajan’s year 19 with L ΙΘ (e.g. D1082, with the bust seen from rear), and on the Trajanic coins Zeus holds a thunderbolt rather than a patera, as on the coins of Hadrian: on P FG 1691 it looks more like a thunderbolt than a patera.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5371 (D 223)
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     G: 378
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58233
7 7     NY: 1974.26.3471
8 8     ✸ O: HCR33210 M 1460
9 9     V: GR 24280
10 10     Aiello
11 11     D1880
12 12     D1881 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 256
13 13     DS Supp 139
14 14     DS7815
15 15     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2244