RPC III, 6175

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6175
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 Harpocrates of Heracleopolis seated on sphinx, left, raising finger to lips and holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.30 g
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903,1007.13 BMC 2886
3 3     D1726
4 4     DS7663 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 208
5 5     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 571 = KG 32.735