RPC III, 6256

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6256
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(ΙΑ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design bust of Harpocrates wearing hem-hem crown, right; to right, pomegranate
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 22 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1887,0704.63 BMC 764
2 2     L: 1864,1118.416 BMC 765
3 3     P: AA.GR.5440 (D 1035)
4 4     P: 1690
5 5     P: 1879
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     C
8 8     G: 391
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     O: HCR34271 M 1574
12 12     V: GR 24499
13 13     V: GR 24500 (?)
14 14     A: 6718/2
15 15     A: 6718/3
16 16     A: Dem 1521
17 17     Cologne Geissen 1245
18 18     D1738
20 20     Kellner 6.23
21 21     Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 317
22 22     ✸ Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 272
23 23     R. Pudill coll. (ex Rönesans Salzgitter 3, 22 July 2023, lot 363)