RPC III, 6413

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6413
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Saite (nome of Lower 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 ϹΑΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L Ϛ
Edition Σαῖτης νόμος (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation Saite nome, of year 6
Reverse design Neith/Athena standing, left, wearing helmet and aegis, holding spear in left hand, ears of corn in right hand; shield resting on the spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.78 g
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC Suppl. N133, Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 11 p. 296
2 2     de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2411
3 3     DS11115, pl. 310 = Naville 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 318