RPC III, 6233

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6233
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 Pharos with statue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.76 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58453
2 2     V: GR 24487
3 3     A: 2371
4 4     Birmingham: RE 0266
5 5     ✸ DS 1935 = Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 395 = Leu 26, 8 Jul. 2023, 2949 (ETB coll.)
6 6     Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO 76, 14 Nov. 2022, lot 3193 = Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2467
7 7     CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 286
8 8     Zagreb: 406 ex. Richard Schwieger collection (1931/2)