RPC III, 5494

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5494
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ƐΝΑΤ, ΕΤ Θ or L ΕΝ = year 9
Dating AD 124/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ
Reverse design eagle standing, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Note Dattari describes the design as ‘aquila sopra fulmine’, but the thunderbolt is surely only the eagle’s talons.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1896,1004.89 BMC 2862
2 2     B: oN
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     NY
6 6     O: HCR26128 M 1099
7 7     A: 2003
8 8     Brussels: 489
9 9     Cologne Geissen 871
10 10     D1566 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 254
11 11     Münster: 500