RPC III, 5863

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 5863
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 front
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Harpocrates standing facing, head left, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note Seen from rear corrected from seen from front

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 379
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57596
4 4     V: GR 24271
5 5     V: GR 24417
7 7     Cologne: 3466 D1722 (Figari - Mosconi 314)
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 367
9 9     O: HCR34238 M 1385
10 10     O: HCR34239 M 1386
11 11     Cologne Geissen 3466
12 12     DS7675 (ram) = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 246