RPC III, 6499

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6499
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Mendesios (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 ΜΕΝΔ, L ΙΑ
Edition Μενδ(ήσιος) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Mendesios (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Ba-neb-djedet/Mendes standing, left, wearing atef crown, and sun disk between two uraei upon ram horns, holding ram, left, in right hand, left hand lifting chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.10 g
Axis 12
Specimens 30 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3992
2 2     P: D.1286
3 3     L BMC N27
4 4     L BMC N28
5 5     O: HCR34306 M 1237m
6 6     G SNG 4974
7 7     B: 21123
8 8     Cop SNG 1119
9 9     V: GR 26111
10 10     V: GR 26112 (Tiepolo)
11 11     V: GR 26113
12 12     NY: 1973.56.711
13 13     ✸ Brussels: II.51.816 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. V.36
14 14     Cologne de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2387 = Auctiones AG 18, 21–22 Sept. 1989, lot 984
15 15     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 2 p. 15; not illus.
16 16     A: 5042
17 17     A: 5043 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 160, 2007, fig. 6 p. 298
18 18     A: doublet (25.02.1993)
19 19     Alexandria
20 20     D6306 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 304 = Naville 42, 22 July 2018, lot 382
21 21     DS11019, pl. 304
22 22     DS11020, pl. 304
23 23     DS11021, n. d., pl. 304 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 327
24 24     DS n. d., pl. 304
25 25     Malloy XIV, 2 July 1979, lot 773
26 26     CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 262
27 27     Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung Mannheim 69, 13–14 Dec. 2005, lot 156
28 28     Aiello
29 29     Aiello
30 30     Vat: 1924