Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ ALSK_0808N01 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer und Paludamentum, von hinten gesehen | Nil sitzt halbnackt in Himation auf Felsen nach links; hält in der Rechten Schilfrohr, mit der Linken Füllhorn und Gewandbausch; unter dem linken Ellbogen Nilpferd nach rechts; im Feld links L ΙϚ |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from rear)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Nile (seated on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Himation (worn)
Reed (papyrus) (held)
Cornucopia (held)
Rock(s) (underlying)
Crocodile (right, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(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 lower left field
:
L ΙϚ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5791 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari/A. Savio, Numi Augg. Alexandrini. Catalogo della collezzione Dattari. 380 tavole, introduzione, supplemento e bibliografia a cura di A. Savio, Trieste 2007 [327 Bildtafeln, über Nr. 6580 des Druckkataloges 1901 hinaus].
No.
7740
(This sample)
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.
1056
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1329
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1330
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1331
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