RPC III, 5149

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5149
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L Γ = year 3
Dating AD 118/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with pschent, (enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn)
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.60 g
Axis 12
Specimens 22 (15 in the core collections)
Note Probably also D1535 (not shown in DS), which has caduceus and ear. No caduceus or ear: BMC 666, O916, B Fox. Sometimes the position of the caduceus and the corn ear are reversed, e.g. O917.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1896,1102.7 BMC 2865
2 2     L: 1862,0614.195 BMC 665
3 3     L: 1862,0614.196 BMC 666
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: oN
6 6     Cop SNG 279
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     O: HCR25979 M 916
12 12     O: HCR25980 M 917
13 13     O: HCR25981 M 918
14 14     O: HCR25982 M 919
15 15     V: GR 24245
16 16     A: 147/287
17 17     Brussels: 441
18 18     Cologne Geissen 764
19 19     Cologne Geissen 766
20 20     D1530
21 21     D1541
22 22     ✸ F. Delpy coll., ex Concordia Numismatic 20, 13 Sept. 2024, lot 196