Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ AL_0860 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Aegis nach links | Schiff (des Kaisers) unter Segel nach rechts; im Feld oben L Η |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (worn)
|
Ship (as a vehicle, to the right)
Helmsman (driving, standing on, 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 field
:
L - Η
|
| Same die(s) | - |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1528 Taf. 28
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5443 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
672
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
X-415
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1528 Taf. 28
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.
860
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1064
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
46
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
100
|
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