RPC III, 6261B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6261B
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L KB = year 22
Dating AD 137/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Aelius Caesar (?), left,
Reverse inscription [L ΚΒ] (?)
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design pomegranate (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.71 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. However, the general appearance of the portrait and the combination of a bare head, a left-facing head and a pomegranate fit well with coins of Aelius and similar and equally rare coins of Hadrian from this year.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Kharit Coll.