RPC III, 6273


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6273
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Uncertain year (only otherwise unlisted designs included)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	[---]
Translation	[---]
Reverse design	Uncertain female figure standing right, holding wreath and sceptre; to left, uncertain object; to right, Emperor (?) standing left; between, altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Matthijs 967A = D800	33			D800 is ascribed wrongly to Trajan (‘Legg. consunta. Testa laur. a d./Apollo in piede a s.; veste chiton, la d. sulla lyra posata a terra, guarda Nike? in piede a d., che gli presenta una corona e tiene palma. Tav. IX. Nel campo, [LI] E’). On the Matthijs coin we can read [ ]ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔ[ ]. The figure on the left might be Alexandria, Nike (cf. D1612; she doesn’t seem to have wings, but there is a possible trace) or Isis; the figure on the right might be the emperor. There seems to be something (an altar?) between; and to r., the vertical line might be drapery from the figure, or an uncertain object. The design recalls that of the coins tentatively ascribed here to year 2 (5095	Show