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Image of specimen #36 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6242 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 6242 |
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 |
Edition | δημ(αρχικῆς) ἐξουσ(ίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ |
Translation | holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time |
Reverse design | female figure standing facing, head left, holding patera and ears of corn |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 8.44 g |
Axis | 11, 12 |
Specimens | 36 (24 in the core collections) |
Note | ‘Homonoia?’ according to Dattari, and BMC. The presence of corn ears rather than cornucopia suggests perhaps, that someone other than Homonoia is intended: presumably Euthenia? |