RPC III, 6455

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6455
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Alexandreon Chora (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 ΑΛΕΞ Χ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ἀλεξ(ανδρέων) χ(ώρα) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Alexandreon Chora, of year 11
Reverse design Horus, standing, left, wearing military dress, holding spear in right hand, hippopotamus, right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.78 g
Axis 12
Specimens 27 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4044 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 73 no. 54
2 2     L BMC N1
3 3     O: HCR34283 M 1237b
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: 21117
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     Cop SNG 1077
8 8     V: GR 26138
9 9     NY: 1973.56.695
10 10     Brussels: II.51.783 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.1
11 11     Frankfurt: 1341
12 12     Milan SNG 1176
13 13     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, p. 21; not illus.
14 14     A: 5099 (perhaps identical to Dem 3589)
15 15     A: 7135c
16 16     Alexandria
17 17     Alexandria
18 18     D6189 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 293
19 19 –21     DS10855–7, pl. 293
22 22     WB coll., Köln (ex CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 231 = de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2340 = DS10858, pl. 293 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 19 p. 302: ‘Horus-Ares’) (Figari - Mosconi 1938)
23 23     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 719
24 24     ✸ Aiello
25 25     Vat: 1890
26 26     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2966 = ETB coll., ex Naville 52, lot 367
27 27     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 476