RPC III, 1107

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1107
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ ]
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Τραιανὸς Ἁδριαν[---]
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian [---]
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟ-ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Κλαυδιοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Claudiopolitans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, his left resting on serpent-staff and holding uncertain object in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec —
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note The new specimen /2 allows the identity of the reverse design to be corrected to Asclepius (from 'Nemesis (?)) in RPC III)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 296
2 2     O
3 3     G. Simonelli coll.
4 4     ✸ Bay Numismatics EA 7, 1 Nov. 2024, lot 551 (as Antoninus Pius and Ancyra)