RPC III, 73

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 73
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding branch (reed?) in right hand, left arm resting on overturned vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Sv 103
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend is clockwise and starts at 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 656
2 2     P: 655