RPC III, 5008

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5008
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊανὸς 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 Sarapis seated on throne, left, holding sceptre; eagle on throne; to left, Cerberus
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR25908 M 821
2 2     D1473 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 323
3 3     DS7468 = Naville 31, 14 May 2017, lot 207
4 4     Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017 lot 398, ex DS7469