RPC III, 6440

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6440
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Metelite (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 ΜΕΤΗΛΙ, L ΙΑ
Reverse design Isis standing, facing, head left, wearing basileion, holding ears of corn in right hand, hawk, right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3997 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 87 no. 83
2 2     L BMC Suppl. N122
3 3     Cologne: 3412
4 4     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, p. 19; rev. illus.
5 5     A: 5088
6 6     Alexandria
7 7     Jerusalem IM 13437
8 8     Toronto 910.160.682 (1)
9 9     D6320 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 306 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 385
10 10     DS11052, pl. 306
11 11     DS11053, pl. 306 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 247
12 12     ✸ Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, 770