RPC III, 1026

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1026
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ[ ]
Nominative Imperator Traianus Hadrianus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed buts of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗΣ (in field), ΚΕΡ-ΣΟ(Υ)
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on sceptre, his left on his hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 2, 7
Reference Rec 3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 300 Rec pl. XLIV, 3
2 2     L: 1919,0417.58 (Hasluck)
3 3     CGT ex eBay G&N
4 4     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2539 = ETB coll. (ex Numismatic. Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 346)