RPC III, 6200


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6200
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 head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΚΑ
Edition	(ἔτους) καʹ
Translation	of year 20
Reverse design	Sarapis reclining on eagle, left, holding and sceptre and raising hand
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	23.15 g
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			L: TOW.1289	BMC 741	33	20.83		BMC 741 might seem to be of year 20 (so BMC: ‘L K’); the obv. bust is found most commonly in year 21; on BMC 741 one can read only LK to the left of the design and there might well have been an A to the right	Show
2	2 ✸				DS 1838 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 209	34.1	25.46			Show