Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ ALSK_0832 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer und Paludamentum, von hinten gesehen | Pharos, viereckig, über Eck gesehen; Tür links unten, oben Laterne; flankiert von zwei buccinum blasenden Tritonen, darauf Statue mit ausgestreckter Rechter, die Linke an langem Szepter; im Feld L ΙΖ |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
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- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from rear)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Pharos (underlying)
Figure(s) (as a statue(tte), standing on, facing, holding)
Sceptre (held)
Tritone(s) (as a statue(tte), standing on, playing music)
Conch shell (as a musical instrument)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ)] - ΑΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
|
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| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L - ΙΖ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5853 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1933
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.
1082
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1381
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