RPC III, 6460

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6460
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Busirite (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 ΒΟΥϹΙ, L ΙΑ
Edition Βουσι(ρίτις) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Busirite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Osiris, standing facing, head left, wearing Anedjti-crown, holding goat, left, in right hand, uraeus, right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.95 g
Axis 12
Specimens 32 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3982
2 2     P: 3983 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 77 no. 62
3 3     L BMC N6
4 4     L BMC N7
5 5     O: HCR34288 M 1223
6 6     B: 6736
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Cop SNG 1089
9 9     V: GR 26105
10 10     V: GR 26106
11 11     NY: 1973.56.699
12 12     Brussels: II.51.793 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.11 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 26 p. 303: ‘Isis mit Krone aus Kuhgehörn, Sonnenscheibe und zwei Federn’ on rev.
13 13     Cologne: 3387
14 14     Frankfurt: 1347
15 15     Milan SNG 1182
16 16     A: 5064 (perhaps identical to Dem 3568)
17 17     A: 7133
18 18     Alexandria
19 19     Alexandria
20 20     D6221 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 296
21 21     D6222, DS pl. 296
22 22     DS10896, pl. 296 = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 339
23 23     DS 10897 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 326
24 24 –25     DS 10898–9, p. 296
26 26     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 735
27 27     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 155 = Coin Galleries, 16 Aug. 1983, lot 341
28 28     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 156 = Harmer Rooke, 26 Aug. 1970, lot 1101 (part)
29 29     ✸ Aiello
30 30     Vat: 1899
31 31     Vat: 1900
32 32     Vat: 1901