Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138 AD) [ AL_1199 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Hadrian mit Lorbeerkranz nach links | Tyche ruht in Chiton und Peplos mit Kalathos auf mit Girlanden geschmücktem Lectisternium nach links; hält mit der Rechten Steuerruder, die Linke in Peplos gewickelt; im Feld oben L Κ |
| Depicted Person |
Hadrian (117-138 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the left)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Fortuna / Tyche (reclining on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Kalathos (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Rudder (held)
Lectisternium (underlying, decorated)
Garland (as a decoration)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΤΡΑ(ΙΑΝΟΣ)· - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper field
:
L Κ
|
| Same die(s) | - |
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
1499 Taf. 5
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 6092 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1498
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
1477
(Comparable: ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ))
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.
1199
(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.
300
(Comparable)
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
1291
(Comparable)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
58
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| Commentary | im Feld oben L Κ | |
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