RPC III, 6277

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6277
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Coptite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΠΤ(Ι), L ΙΑ
Edition Κοπτί(της) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Coptite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design dorcas gazelle, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 1.80 g
Axis 12
Specimens 22 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 8, 13: same rev. die. 6, 9–10, 14, 19: same rev. die.
Note The coin Basel Münzhandlung 6, 18 March 1936, lot 1349, pl. 9 is not a nome coin. /21 has been deleted as it was the same coin as /17
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3919 Coptos, 2000, no. 172 p. 193
2 2     L BMC N97
3 3     B: 28798
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 1094
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58178
7 7     Brussels: II.68.544 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.12 (rev. ΚΟΠΤΙ)
8 8     Cologne: 3404 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. I.3
9 9     Frankfurt: 1354
10 10     Frankfurt: 1355
11 11     Lyon MBA (ex de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2358 = Emporium Hamburg 30, 1–2 Dec. 1993, lot 662 = Coptos, 2000, no. 172)
12 12     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 2 p. 7; rev. illus.
13 13     A: 4978 Dem 3507
14 14     A: 7127a
15 15     DS10970
16 16     DS10971
17 17     E. Krengel coll., Berlin
18 18     Basel Münzhandlung 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1350, pl. 9
19 19     CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 244
20 20     M. R. Jenkins, NC 2000, p. 274–6, pl. 42.18 (from Elephantine)
21 21     VCoins, Nov. 2020 ('Memphites')
22 22     ✸ Naville Numismatics 91, 11 Aug. 2024, lot 474