RPC III, 6461

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6461
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Busirite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription
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 goat, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.08 g
Axis 12
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC N8
2 2     O: HCR34326 M 1252b
3 3     Cop SNG 1090
4 4     V: GR 26115
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58177
6 6     ✸ Cologne CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 242 = de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2355 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 27 p. 303
7 7     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, p. 18; rev. illus.
8 8     A: 5065
9 9     D6223 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 296
10 10     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 736.
11 11     Solidus Online Auction 15, 20 May 2017, lot 131