RPC III, 5006

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5006
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L B = year 2
Dating AD 117/18
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ (sic) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ<α>νὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and laurel wreath, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.04 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.185 BMC 606
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56357
3 3     O: HCR25915 M 828
4 4     O: HCR25916 M 829
5 5     Aiello
6 6     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2770 = ETB coll. = Naville Auction 32, 18 June 2017, lot 249, ex Dattari
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 98, 16 June 2022, lot 835
8 8     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 259