RPC III, 6414

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6414
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Saite (nome of Lower 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 ϹΑΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L Ζ
Edition Σαίτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation Saite nome, of year 7
Reverse design Neith/Athena standing, left, wearing helmet and aegis, holding spear in left hand, ears of corn in right hand; shield resting on the spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.64 g
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 4012 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 95 no. 96 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 12 p. 297
2 2     Alexandria
3 3     D6368, DS pl. 310 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 387
4 4 –5     DS11116–7, pl. 310
6 6     DS Supp. 29 = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 364