RPC III, 6245

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6245
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 ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (retrograde)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, left (?)
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design kalathos between two torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.84 g
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.
Note These coins are somewhat strange; the bust faces to l., the inscription is retrograde, but also poorly formed. This might suggest that they are (very good) imitations, but the style is very good.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.414 BMC 905
2 2     Kellner 6.20
3 3     Staffieri
4 4     DS7850 = Naville 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 273
5 5     Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 231