RPC III, 6240

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6240
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 bust of Nilus, left, behind, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.59 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.413 BMC 782
2 2     D1776 = Naville 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 272
3 3     Leu WA 31, 7 Sept. 2024, lot 975 = Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2270