RPC III, 6285A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6285A
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hermopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ]Ϲ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ [ϹΕΒ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with aegis on shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ[Ϲ ΝΟΜΟϹ?], L Η
Edition Ἑρμοπολίτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Hermopolite nome, of year 8
Reverse design bearded Thot/Hermes, standing, left, wearing atef crown upon ram horns, holding caduceus in left hand, and baboon wearing sun disk seating, left, in right hand; before, ibis standing on basis, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 16.86 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3965
2 2     ✸ DS 10924 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 1006