RPC III, 5389

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5389
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L Z = year 7
Dating AD 122/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design Harpocrates of Heracleopolis standing facing, head left, raising finger to lips and holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.36 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Altar deleted
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58372
2 2     ✸ Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 271