RPC III, 5392

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5392
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design Nilus reclining on crocodile (or hippopotamus), left, holding reed and cornucopia; (below, lotos flowers)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Cologne 845 has been moved to III, 5240

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1992.52.11 (crocodile)
2 2     ✸ O: HCR33094 M 1038
3 3     A: 183/336
5 5     Vat: 460
6 6     B: 107/335
7 7     D1802 (hippopotamus)
8 8     D7731
9 9     DS Supp 116
10 10     DS7730
11 11     DS7736 = Naville 39, 29 Apr, 2018, lot 344
12 12     ETB coll., ex Forum (2016)
13 13     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 851 = ETB coll. = DS Supp 114, ex Naville 62, 2020, lot 245