Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ AL_0799 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Paludamentum links | zweisäuliger Tempel mit halbrundem Architrav, darin Canopi (Isis links und Osiris rechts), zwischen beiden Altar mit Flamme; im Abschnitt L Δ |
| 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)
|
Temple with two columns, egyptian
Canopus - Isis (standing, facing, wearing)
Headdress of Hathor (worn)
Canopus - Osiris (standing, facing, wearing)
Atef crown (worn)
Altar (centrally)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ - ΑΔΡΙΑ[ΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in exegue
:
L Δ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5190 | |
| 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.
799
(This sample)
SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen IV, Part 41: Alexandria-Cyrenaica, Kopenhagen
No.
284
(aus dem selben Stempelpaar)
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
97f.
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