RPC III, 6265


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6265
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ or L ΙΘ = year 19
Dating	AD 134/5
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription	L ΕΝΝΕΑΚ·Δ
Edition	ἔτους ἐννεακαιδεκάτου (ἔτους) ἐννεακ(αι)δ(εκάτου)
Translation	of the 19th year
Reverse design	Euthenia seated, left on sphinx, head right; holding up uncertain object (lotus flower?) and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	23.30 g
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Formerly uncertain date, but date is clear on /2
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		D1698 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 209	32	22.08		‘Euthenia ? a s. seduta sopra androsphinx a d.; guarda addietro, veste chiton e peplos, tiene nella d. alsata un serpente, nella s. un piccolo scettro. Tav. XIII. [LƐΝΝƐΑΚΔ]?’. D read only ΑΥ[ ] on the obv. Date illegible, but the obv. laureate bust to l. indicates a date in years 19-21. A sphinx nearly always indicates Euthenia. The serpent seems very uncertain. There is something to the left of the figure. Keith Emmett wonders if there might be a serpent around the figure’s back which would suggest Hygieia	Show
2	2		Dattari = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 3	39	23.15			Show
3	3	Freiburg: 12898		33	20.94	12		Show
4	4 ✸		Roberto Rodriguez Bou	33.4	27.03	12		Show