RPC III, 5525


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5525
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
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 draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΕΤ Θ
Edition	ἔτους θʹ ἔτ(ους) θʹ
Translation	of year 9
Reverse design	Ares standing facing, head right, holding parazonium and spear
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.19 g
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The coins described as year 9 with Canopus and Agathodaemon (Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lots 389-90: reverses illustrated) seem more like year 5.