RPC III, 6488

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6488
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Heliopolite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΛΙΟΠ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ἡλιοπ(ολίτης) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Heliopolite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Mnevis bull, wearing sun disk, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.19 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34328 M 1252d
2 2     NY: 1973.56.704
3 3     ✸ Milan SNG 1186 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 158, 2006, fig. 28 p. 300
4 4     D6247 (rev. illus.)
5 5     DS10934, pl. 299