RPC III, 1343

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1343
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 DIANAE / EPHESIAE
Edition Dianae Ephesiae
Translation to Ephesian Diana
Reverse design above and below garlanded altar with two hinds
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.32 g
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The altar replicates that portrayed on the cistophori of Augustus, RPC I.2215 (25-20 B/C)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 989