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III, 6102
Image of specimen #9
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6102
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Volume
III
Number
6102
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Hadrian
Person (obv.)
Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue
L K = year 20
Dating
AD 135/6
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Ε
Β
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 Κ
Edition
(ἔτους) κʹ
Translation
Year 20
Reverse design
Nilus reclining (on crocodile or hippopotamus), left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
26.79 g
Axis
12
Specimens
14 (9 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
P: 1841
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2
2
B: 96/1892
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3
3
Mu
hippotamus
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4
4
NY
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5
5
NY
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6
6
NY
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7
7
NY
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8
8
NY: 1944.100.58272
32
24.82
12
has hippopotamus, not crocodile
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9
9
✸
O: HCR33236
M 1492
33
26.70
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10
10
Cologne
Geissen 1204
33
25.10
12
no hippopotamus or crocodile
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11
11
D1779 = Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 381 = MMAG FPL 468, 1984, 207 = Kölner Münzkabinett 92, 2009, lot 326
35.1
30.54
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12
12
D1791
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13
13
DS Supp 109
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14
14
DS7744 = Ars et Nummus 9–10, 1970, lot 47 (Figari - Mosconi 340)
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