RPC III, 1086A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1086A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ[ ](?)
Edition [---] Καῖσαρ(ος) Ἁδριανοῦ[---]
Translation [---] of Caesar Hadrian[---]
Obverse design laureate head left
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Βυζαντίων
Translation of the Byzantines
Reverse design Corinthian helmet to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.55 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Date and identification of obverse very uncertain. The reading of the obv. is very tentative. The 'portrait' looks more like Hercules.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 261