RPC III, 6301

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6301
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Diospolis Magna (nome of Upper Egypt)
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, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟ-ΠΟΛΙ Μ, L ΙΑ
Edition Διό(σ)πολι(ς) Μ(εγάλη) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of the Diospolites, M, of year 11
Reverse design Heron riding, left, radiate and haloed, wearing military dress, holding reins with left hand, serpent in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Specimens 20 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3922
2 2     L BMC N98
3 3     O: HCR34294 M 1220*
4 4     G SNG 4968
5 5     B: I-B, 17905
6 6     B: 17905
7 7     V: GR 26141 (Tiepolo)
8 8     V: GR 26144
9 9     Brussels: II.51.796 Les Empereurs du Nil, 2000, p. 164 no. 39 = L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.15
10 10     Cologne: 3388
11 11     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 1 p. 6; not illus.
12 12     Bologna 15440
13 13     A: 4973
14 14     D6239 (rev. illus.)
15 15     DS n. d., pl. 297 (holed twice)
16 16     WB coll., Köln
17 17     NFA, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2550
18 18     CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 245 = de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2361
19 19     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 743 = MM Deutschland 12, 11 Apr. 2003, lot 718 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 104
20 20     ✸ Naville Numismatics 84, 8 Oct. 2023, lot 297