RPC III, 6270


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6270
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Uncertain year (only otherwise unlisted designs included)
Obverse inscription	[ ]
Obverse design	uncertain laureate bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Reverse design	temple (Greco-Egyptian) with two columns enclosing Harpocrates of Heracleopolis, standing left, raising finger to mouth and holding club; two hawks by feet
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				D1953 = Naville Numismatics 82, 18 June 2023, lot 364	33.7	19.09		obv. inscription indicates years 4-8. Perhaps year 8, when a similar depiction of Harpocrates (no hawks) in a temple occurs	Show