RPC III, 5689

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5689
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ or L ΙΑ = year 11
Dating AD 126/7
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 ΙΑ
Reverse design hippopotamus standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1867 (?) Mi S9.233; date not clear
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58396
3 3     NY: 1973.56.732
4 4     A: Dem 1292
5 5     Cologne Geissen 971
6 6     ✸ Aiello
7 7     DS7968 = Naville 39, 29 Apr, 2018, lot 348
8 8     Mabbott 3378