RPC III, 6535 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6535 (forgery)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Ombite (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 ΟΜΒΙΤΗ ΜΕΓ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ὀμβίτη(ς) μέγ(ας?) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation the great (?) Ombite (nomos), of year 11
Reverse design crocodile, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 1.61 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Marseille Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 88 no. 86
2 2     H.-J. Pfeiffer coll., Kaarst
3 3     Hirsch 242, 22 Sept. 2005, lot 2457