Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ AL_0959 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer und Paludamentum, von hinten gesehen | Eusebeia sitzt in Schleier, Chiton und Peplos auf Thron mit hoher Lehne nach links, in der Rechten Patera, die Linke an langem Szepter; im Feld L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ |
| 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)
|
Pax / Eirene (seated on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Himation - as a veil (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Patera (held)
Sceptre (held)
Throne (underlying)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙ(ΣΑΡ) - ΤΡΑΙ(ΑΝΟΣ) ΑΔΡΙΑ(ΝΟΣ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | L ΕΝ-ΔΕΚΑ-ΤΟΥ |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΣΕΒ | L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
|
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| Same die(s) | - |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1695 Taf. 12
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 5667 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
717
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1695 Taf. 12
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.
959
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1218 a
(Demeter)
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
1014
SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen IV, Part 41: Alexandria-Cyrenaica, Kopenhagen
No.
329
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
50
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
101
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