RPC III, 6288

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6288
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hermopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΡΜΟ, L ΙΑ
Reverse design baboon seating, right, wearing sun disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 21 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 7, 15: same rev. die. 3–4: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3967
2 2     L BMC N85
3 3     B: 21121
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 1103
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58189
7 7     Cologne: 3400
8 8     Cologne: 3401 (L AI)
9 9     Marseille: 494 ex de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2374 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. I.9
10 10     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 2 p. 11; not illus.
11 11     A: 4994 (perhaps identical to Dem 3520)
12 12     Alexandria
13 13     D6270 (rev.illus.), DS pl. 298
14 14     MMAG FPL 183, Sept. 1958, lot 43
15 15     Harmer Rooke, 12 Dec. 1986, lot 1037
16 16     Auctiones 18, 21–22 Sept. 1989, lot 981
17 17     NFA, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2555
18 18     Emporium Hamburg 30, 1–2 Dec. 1993, lot 664
19 19     Aiello
20 20     Vat: 1910
21 21     ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, lot 572