RPC III, 6389

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6389
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Memphite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΕΜΦΙ, L ΙΑ
Reverse design draped bust of Isis, wearing basileion upon vulture headdress, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3971
2 2     L BMC N20
3 3     Cop SNG 1116 = Catalogo Iside, 1997, no. IV.127
4 4     Cologne MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1353 = de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2383
5 5     CNG EA 130, 4 Jan. 2006, lot 292
6 6     A: 5022 Dem 3538
7 7     ✸ Aiello = DS11009, pl. 304
8 8     Harmer Rooke, 12 Dec. 1986, lot 1035 = CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 258 ( = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 153, 2005, pl. I.7: ‘(Isis trägt) Krone aus Kuhgehörn und Sonnenscheibe’)
9 9     Vat: 1920