RPC III, 6169

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6169
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L KA = year 21
Dating AD 136/7
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 ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Elpis walking, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.39 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 380
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58285
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1220
4 4     CNG 91 (2012) lot 747
5 5     ✸ D1691 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 260
6 6     DS7621 = Kunst und Munzen 56, 1985, lot 187 (Figari - Mosconi 310)
7 7     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2942 = ETB coll., ex D1686 = Naville 63, 2021, lot 308
8 8     Frankfurt: 534