RPC III, 1332

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1332
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Edition Hadrianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Hadrian Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription DIA-NA / EPHESIA
Edition Diana Ephesia
Translation Diana of Ephesus
Reverse design temple with four columns on three or four steps; within, cult image of Artemis of Ephesus
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Metcalf 8
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.475A
Specimens 31 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1328/1–2.
Note 27 is from Metcalf’s obv. die 40 (M 57), 28 from the same dies as M 56. There have been many others in trade.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –26     M. 40–66
27 27     CNG 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 1071
28 28     ✸ CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 980
29 29     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2982 = ETB coll., ex Timeline Auctions lot 2729
30 30     F. Vink Collection, The Netherlands, ex CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 3314 = John A. Seeger Collection = Münzen und Medaillen FPL 281, Sept.1967, lot 33.
31 31     Boston: 64.299