RPC III, 6242

 

Image of specimen #36

 

Coin type
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
Nominative Lucius Aelius Caesar tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Aelius, right (seen from front)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜ ΕΞΟΥϹ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Reverse design female figure standing facing, head left, holding patera and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
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?
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1171.C BMC 2927
2 2     P: AA.GR.5502 (D 217)
3 3     P: 1927
4 4     P: 1928
5 5     B: 28292
6 6     B: 478/1880
7 7     B: Cassel
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     C
11 11     Cop SNG 421
12 12     Mu
13 13     Mu
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
17 17     NY
18 18     NY
19 19     NY
20 20     O: HCR34277 M 1555
21 21     O: HCR34278 M 1556
22 22     V: GR 24514
23 23     V: GR 24515
24 24     V: GR 24516
25 25     A: 2422
26 26     A: 6722
27 27     A: Dem 1542
28 28     Cologne: 272
29 29     Vat: 586
30 30     D2079
31 31     DS 7998
32 32     DS7997
33 33     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = CNG EA 551 (29 Nov 2023), lot 279 = DS7999 = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 78 (Figari - Mosconi 424)
34 34     DS800
35 35     DS8001 = Ars et Nummus 1, 1985, lot 264 (Figari - Mosconi 425)
36 36     ✸ Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 104