RPC III, 6501


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6501
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Mendesios (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription
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	ram or goat, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	14 mm
Average weight	1.88 g
Specimens	9 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	P: 3993			1.87	goat	Show
2	2 ✸	L	BMC N29	14	1.58	goat	Show
3	3	L	BMC Suppl. N119, Geissen & Weber, ZPE 160, 2007, fig. 7a-8a p. 298	14	2.41	ram	Show
4	4	G	SNG 4975		2.33	goat	Show
5	5	B: Löbb.			1.84		Show
6	6	B: 28798			1.22		Show
7	7	Cop	SNG 1120		1.88	ram	Show
8	8		DS n. d., pl.304				Show
9	9		D6305, pl. 304			ram: 6305 is a mistaken number that corresponds in fact to an obol with the bust of Mendes, not illus. on pl. 304	Show