RPC III, 3159

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3159
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Bronze with Latin legends and Mount Argaeus or modius as reverse design
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Hadrian, right, (with aegis)
Reverse inscription COS III
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by Sol standing left, holding globe in right hand, sceptre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S —; RIC (1st ed.) 428/*; BMC III, 441/*; RIC II.3, 897
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note 3: same obv. die as V 9894, with COS III; modius with 6 ears of corn on the reverse (= S –; RIC II, -; BMC III, 442/*)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Douce
2 2     G: 434
3 3     V: GR 20107
4 4     vA 6145
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 3348 = ETB coll., ex Leu Numismatik AG 3, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 237 ex Evans, Ars Cassica XVII, 1934, lot 1400
6 6     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 3347 = ETB coll. (ex Ares 4, 2019, lot 1394)
7 7     Henseler 357