RPC III, 6300

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6300
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Diospolis Magna (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΠΟΛΙ ΜΕ, L ΙΑ
Edition Διό(σ)πολι(ς) Με(γάλη) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Diospolis Magna, of year 11
Reverse design Amon/Zeus standing, facing, head left, wearing ram horns surmounted by two long feathers, holding ram, right, in left hand, lowered right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.36 g
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3924
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Cop SNG 1098
5 5     V: GR 26143
6 6     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 2 p. 7; not illus.
7 7     Bologna 15441
8 8     A: 4972
9 9     A: Dem 3504
10 10     D6240 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 297
11 11     WB coll., Köln (ex Künker list 155, Oct. 2000, lot 74 = Künker list 159, July 2001, lot 62)
12 12     Jacquier 18, Herbst 1996, lot 418 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. II
13 13     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 744
14 14     Blançon 31, 1999–2000, lot 1071 (not illus.)
15 15     ✸ Pudill coll., ex Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 273