RPC III, 5090

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5090
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 ΤΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τρ<α>ιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder; to right, star
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.21 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56371
3 3     NY: 1944.100.56372
4 4     O: HCR25947 M 880
5 5     O: HCR25948 M 881
6 6     A: Dem 1132
7 7     Brussels: 433
8 8     D1536
9 9     ✸ D1540 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 240
10 10     A. Tomaszewski coll., ex CNG 557