RPC III, 6234

 

Image of specimen #25

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6234
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Issue L KA = year 21
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Aelius, right (seen from front)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΥΠΑΤ Β, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition δημ(αρχικῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ Ἀλεξάνδρεια ὁμόνοια
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time, Concord
Reverse design Homonoia seated, left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.27 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 26 (10 in the core collections)
Note BMC 2929 and Cop 420 look like cast forgeries. /21 deleted as = /13

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5506 (D 677)
2 2     P: 1930
3 3     B: 28798
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Rauch
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     A: 1541/479
12 12     A: 6722
13 13     Brussels: 627 DS7993 (Figari - Mosconi 420)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1273
15 15     Vat: 600
16 16     Vat: 601
17 17     Vat: 602
18 18     D2077 = Naville 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 269
19 19     D2078 = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 389
20 20     DS7992 = MMAG 7, 1977, lot 435 (Figari - Mosconi 419)
22 22     DS7994 = Ars et Nummus 9–10, 1970, lot 200 (Figari - Mosconi 421)
23 23     DS7995
24 24     DS7996 = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 78 (Figari - Mosconi 422)
25 25     ✸ Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 103
26 26     Staffieri
27 27     Ven 4886