RPC III, 6347

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6347
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hypselite (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 ΥΨΗΛΙ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ὑψηλί(της) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Hypselite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Isis-Outo standing, facing, head left, wearing basileion, holding sceptre in left hand, and ram, left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.43 g
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28798
2 2     L BMC N101
3 3     ✸ L BMC N102, Michaelis, JHS 6, 1885, p. 307, pl. E.13 = Kater-Sibbes & Vermaseren, Apis III, 1977, p. 14 no. 39 (‘Sarapis holding Apis’)
4 4     Cologne: 3402
5 5     A: 4989 Dem 3516 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 149, 2004, pl. II.19
6 6     D6277 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 312
7 7     Mabbott 3731 (‘Sarapis’; not illus.)
8 8     de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2377
9 9     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, lot 569 (ex CNG XXIX, 30 March 1994, lot 1013)