RPC III, 6534 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6534 (forgery)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Oasites/Oasis Megale (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 ΟΑϹΙϹ ΜΕΓ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ὄασις Μεγάλη (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation the great oasis, of year 11
Reverse design sheep walking left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.36 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Marseille Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 88 no. 85
2 2     Pudill, Hadrian 420
3 3     Pudill, Hadrian 421