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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
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

# Specimen 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)