RPC III, 6373

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6373
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Heracleopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ]ΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕ[Β]
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L Ζ
Reverse design bearded Herishef/Heracles standing, l., lion skin draped over left arm, cradling club in l. arm, and holding winged griffin, l., in r. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Suppl. N144 pl. 12
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58181
3 3     ✸ Cologne DS10951, pl. 300 = de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2366 (Figari - Mosconi 1957) = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. IV.32
4 4 –5     DS10952–3, pl. 300