Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ ALSK_0722 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Paludamentum links | geflügelter Greif sitzt nach links, die rechte Pranke auf Rad gelegt; im Feld L ΙΑ |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Griffin (seated, to the left, resting on)
Wheel (as prop)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥ]Τ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙ(ΣΑΡ) - [ΤΡΑΙ(ΑΝΟΣ) ΑΔΡΙΑ(ΝΟΣ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L Ι-Α
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5686 | |
| Reference Literature |
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. II (Hadrian – Antoninus Pius Nr. 741-1994), Opladen 1978.
No.
964
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1231
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