RPC III, 6252

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6252
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L KB = year 22
Dating AD 137/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ, L ΚΒ
Edition Πρόνοια (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation Providence, of year 22
Reverse design Pronoia standing facing, head left, holding phoenix and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.96 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 53 (35 in the core collections)
Note Y. Roman, Hadrien. L’empereur virtuose (Paris, 2008), p. 358 regards this 'étonnante monnaie' as not indicating Hadrian's forethought about his succession and the adoption of Antoninus Pius in February 138 (so Vogt, p. 110), but as ‘l’annonce .. imminente de l'ouverture d'une nouvelle Grande Année’. BMC 3570 has a retrograde rev. design and blundered inscription. Regarded as an ancient forgery by BMC, citing W. Metcalf, RBN 122 (1976), pp. 65ff = CH 7, no. A38.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1896,1004.109 BMC 2824
2 2     L: 1920,0907.81 BMC 2825
3 3     ✸ L: 1860,0327.157 BMC 598
4 4     L: 1844,0425.2426 BMC 599
5 5     L: 1888,0403.29 BMC 600
6 6     P: AA.GR.5361 (D 817)
7 7     P: 1884
8 8     P: Y 4864.3292
9 9     B: 96/1892
10 10     B: Fox
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     C
14 14     C: Lewis 2060
15 15     Cop SNG 414
16 16     Cop SNG 415
17 17     Mu
18 18     Mu
19 19     NY
20 20     NY
21 21     NY
22 22     NY
23 23     NY
24 24     NY
25 25     NY
26 26     NY
27 27     NY
28 28     O: HCR26371 M 1560
29 29     O: HCR26373 M 1561
30 30     O: HCR26374 M 1562
31 31     O: HCR26375 M 1563
32 32     O: HCR26376 M 1564
33 33     O: HCR26377 M 1565
34 34     V: GR 24502
35 35     V: GR 24503
36 36     A: 6718/1
37 37     A: Dem 1514
38 38     Brussels
39 39     Cologne Geissen 1243
40 40     Vat: 357
41 41 –43     DS: three (unnumbered) specimens illustrated by rubbings at the very bottom of DS pl. 68
44 44     D1450
45 45     DS Supp 31
46 46     DS7456 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 210
47 47     DS7457 = Naville 39, 29 Apr, 2018, lot 354 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 320
48 48     DS7458 = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 387
49 49     Kellner 6.22
50 50     Münster: 493
51 51     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2950 = ETB coll. = Roma EA 16, 28 Feb. 2015, lot 290
52 52     Pudill coll.
53 53     Pudill coll., ex Rauch 88, lot 398