Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ AL_0754 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Paludamentum links | Euthenia ruht in Chiton und Peplos nach links, hält in der Rechten Ähren und Mohnkugen, den linken Ellbogen auf Sphinx nach rechts gestützt; im Abschnitt L Β |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Euthenia (reclining, to the left, resting on, holding, wearing)
Wreath of ears (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
Poppy (held)
Sphinx (as prop, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΤΡΑΙ〈Α〉ΝΟ-Σ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙ〈Α〉ΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in exegue
:
L Β
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5020 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
798
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1699
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Legende)
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.
754
(This sample)
R. A. Haatvedt/E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis. The University of Michigan Excavations 1924-1935 (edited by E. M. Husselman), Ann Arbor 1964.
No.
229
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
844
(Comparable: Legenden-Trennung)
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
842
(Comparable)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
41
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
96f.
|
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