RPC III, 6508

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6508
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Diopolite inferior (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 ΔΙΟΠ Κ, L ΙΑ
Edition Διοπ(ολίτης) κ(άτω) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Diopolite inferior (nome), of year 11
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra/Zeus standing, facing, head right, half naked, wearing sun disk, holding long sceptre in right hand, ram, right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.91 g
Axis 12
Specimens 26 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 9, 11: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3920
2 2     L BMC Suppl. N114
3 3     L BMC Suppl. N115
5 5     O: HCR34290 Sir A. Gardiner Bequest 1964 (not in M)
6 6     G SNG 4967
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: 28884
9 9     ✸ Mu Ägypten zur Römerzeit, 1989, no. 157 p. 50–51
10 10     NY: 1944.100.58180
11 11     Brussels: II.51.797 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.16
12 12     Cologne: 3390
13 13     Frankfurt: 1348
14 14     Milan SNG 1185
15 15     A: 303/1435
16 16     D6242 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 297
17 17     D6243 (‘battuta sul fianco di un’altra moneta die nomi’), DS pl. 297
18 18     DS10909, pl. 297
19 19     DS10910, pl. 297
20 20     WB coll., Köln (ex de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2363 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 160, 2007, fig. 19 p. 299)
21 21     Mabbott 3719
22 22     MMAG FPL 183, Sept. 1958, lot 42 (not illus.)
23 23     NFA, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2551
24 24     MM Deutschland 12, 11 Apr. 2003, lot 719 = Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 745
25 25     Elsen 61, 18–19 Mar. 2000, lot 994
26 26     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 157
27 27     Vat: 1903