RPC III, 1783

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis 
Region Lydia
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design confronted head of Hadrian to left looking right and bust of Sabina to right looking left : Hadrian is laureate, Sabina is draped, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane
Reverse inscription ΚΑΝΔΙΔΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΤΗϹΑ
Reverse design Dionysus naked standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand, left resting on thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther left

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 1783

 

Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany)
Inventory no. Fox
Reference ex Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, Boyne coll., 25 May 1868, lot 27 = LS Taf II, 14
Diameter 33.9
Weight
Axis
Note in the auction catalogue of the Boyne’s collection, the end of the legend was read as CΙΛΙΤΕCA
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