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Volume | III |
Number | 6105 |
Province | Egypt |
Region | Egypt |
City | Alexandria |
Reign | Hadrian |
Person (obv.) | Hadrian (Augustus) |
Person (rev.) | Sabina (Augusta) |
Issue | L K = year 20 |
Dating | AD 135/6 |
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 | bare head of Hadrian, left |
Reverse inscription | ϹΑΒ[ΕΙΝ]Α ϹΕΒΑ[ ] (?), L Κ |
Edition | Σαβεῖνα Σεβα[---] (ἔτους) κʹ |
Translation | Sabina Augusta, of year 20 |
Reverse design | draped bust of Sabina, right (hair on top of head) |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 34 mm |
Specimens | 2 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | The coin looks more convincing than those attributed to year 21 (see below), especially the left facing barehead of Hadrian. The second specimen, Matthijs 1025 (probably from the same dies), has an illegible obv. inscription, but also has a left facing head on the obv. On its rev. a few letters are visible, at 2 o’clock, which might be [ ]CA[ ]; there does also seem to be an L to the left of the bust of Sabina, and a numeral to the r. It could be a K, but that is unsure. The two coins are sufficiently convincing to be put in the catalogue, as bronze coins corresponding to the well-attested silver; but doubts remain about the inscriptions and date, so confirmation is required. |