RPC III, 5847

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5847
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue L IZ = year 17
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Triptolemus in chariot, right, pulled by two winged serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.13 g
Axis 12
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.2649 BMC 687
2 2     ✸ P: 1738
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G: 350
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     O: HCR33153 M 1364
9 9     A: 2206
10 10     Brussels: 569
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1087
12 12     Vat: 494
13 13     D1848 = Kress 153, 1971, lot 462 (Figari - Mosconi 358)
14 14     Freiburg: 12855
15 15     Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 249, ex Dattari
16 16     Boston: 1985.1295