RPC III, 6420

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6420
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Phthemphuti (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 ΦΘΕΜΦ, L ΙΑ
Edition Φθεμφ(ουθίτης) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Phthemphuti (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Isis standing, right, head left, wearing basileion, right arm lowered, holding in left hand young Harpocrates/Heracles nude, sitting on a lotus flower, right, right hand to the mouth, club on left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Axis 12
Specimens 18 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 17: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4002
2 2     P: 4003 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 93 no. 94
3 3     L BMC N47
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58209
7 7     Brussels: II.51.826 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. VII.46
8 8     Cologne: 3420
9 9     Milan SNG 1198 = Catalogo Iside, 1997, no. IV.85
10 10     A: 5059
11 11     A: 7132b
12 12     Alexandria
13 13     Toronto 910.160.684 (1)
14 14     D6350 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 313 = Bickelmann 27, 1972, lot 468 (Figari - Mosconi 1967)
15 15     Aiello ( = J. Sheridan, ANSMN 33, 1988, pl. 20.5: rev. legend ΦΘΕΝΦ, with the last Φ recut on a Ε)
16 16     CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 272 = NFA, 29 Mar. 1985, III 484g
17 17     ✸ de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2408
18 18     DS 11170 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 248