RPC III, 6452

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6452
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Libya (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 ΛΙΒΥΗ, L ΙΑ
Edition Λιβυή (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Libya, of year 11
Reverse design Amon-Ra, standing facing, head left, holding ram, right, in left hand, crocodile (?), left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.71 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 4046 Égypte romaine, p. 85 no. 77 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 15 p. 302
2 2     Cop SNG 1110
3 3     NY: 1991.7.9 NFA, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2557: ‘Sarapis or Ammon wearing modius’
4 4     Cologne: 3409
5 5     Alexandria
6 6 –7     DS10989–90, pl. 302
8 8     Vat: 1919