RPC III, 1387

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1387
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Edition Hadrianus Augustus P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Hadrian Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COS III
Edition Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Consul for the third time
Reverse design rape of Persephone. Hades with Persephone in fast quadriga right; beneath, overturned flower basket
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Metcalf 43 (“Nysa”)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1386/1, 7–8.
Note On 4 the flower basket is said to be missing, but this is probably the result of a weak strike
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M. 193
2 2     NY: 1980.78.1
3 3     ✸ CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 996
4 4     Gemini II, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 395 (ex CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 997)