RPC III, 5355


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5355
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L Ϛ = year 6
Dating	AD 121/2
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	L Ϛ
Edition	(ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation	of year 6
Reverse design	Isis Pharia advancing, left, head right, holding sistrum and sail; to right, Pharos
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	20.58 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 1974.26.3493		34.5	20.58	12	the year is not certain but the obv. inscription seems definitely to be that of years 4-8. Otherwise the design does not occur until year 17 (possibly 15)	Show
2	2			V: GR 24261		33			A. Barb, review of Vogt, NZ 17 (1924), pp. 109-14, at p. 111, no. 26. Not very clear and Christiansen has annotated the ticket ‘Jahr 16’. But, as with the NY coin, the obv. is right for year 6. Confirmation required	Show