RPC III, 5792

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5792
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 131/2
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 L ΙϚ
Reverse design Nilus seated on hippopotamus or crocodile on rocks, left, holding cornucopia and reed; (lotos flowers below)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 29 (17 in the core collections)
Note Crocodile: BMC 790; hippopotamus: BMC 792-793, B 28798, DS7757-7758. Other specimens not classified, but NY has 4 with crocodile and 4 with hippopotamus
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0602.65 BMC 790
3 3     L: 1864,1118.361 BMC 792
4 4     L: 1844,0425.2392 BMC 793
5 5     P: Delepierre 40
6 6     P: 1708
7 7     P: 1709
8 8     Cop SNG 369
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
18 18     O: HCR33137 M 1335
19 19     O: HCR33139 M 1337
21 21     A: 2183
22 22     A: 2184
23 23     A: 6703/1
24 24     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1055
25 25     Cologne Geissen 1057
27 27     D1797
28 28     DS7746
29 29     DS7756
30 30     DS7757
31 31     DS7758 = Künker 389 eLive, 23 June 2023, lot 2028
32 32     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2888 = ETB coll. = Heritage 3042, 17 Sept. 2015, lot 32184
33 33     Pudill Coll.