RPC III, 6487

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6487
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Heliopolite (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 ΗΛΙΟΠ, L ΙΑ
Edition Ἡλιοπ(ολίτης) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Heliopolite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Ra-Atum-Harakhte/Helios standing, left, radiate, holding Mnevis bull, left, in right hand, and whip in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.77 g
Axis 11
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 4036 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 81 no. 69
2 2     Cologne: 3392
3 3     Cologne: 3393
4 4     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, p. 13; rev. illus. ‘tiene sulla mano diritta un uccello, la forme del quale hanno somiglianza con quelle dell’ibis’
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 1004 = D6246 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 299
6 6     Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 360 = DS10933 pl. 299 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 360
7 7     WB coll., Köln (ex de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2364 = CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 246 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 158, 2006, fig. 27 p. 300)
8 8     Aiello
9 9     Aiello
10 10     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2141