RPC III, 6373

 

Image of specimen #6

 

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 [ΑΥ]Τ 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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L Ζ
Edition Ἡρακλεοπολίτης νόμος (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation Heracleopolite nome, of year 7
Reverse design bearded Herishef/Heracles standing, left, lion skin draped over left arm, cradling club in left arm, and holding winged griffin, left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.56 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (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
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 366