RPC III, 3160

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3160
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 laureate head of Hadrian, right
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 18 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 290a, Ganschow X30, RIC II.3 899
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note Bronze

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1857,0812.62 (Herpin 970) S Fig. 71
2 2     O: Evans
3 3     Ro (Gnecchi)
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Kovacs MBS XVI, 29 Sept. 2004, lot 280
6 6     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 3349 = ETB coll. (ex Savoca 126, 2022, lot 1088)
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 245
8 8     Schaack coll., ex Zeus Numismatics WA29, 8 Oct. 2023, lot 482