RPC III, 1387

 

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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
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae consul III
Obverse design head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COS III
Reverse design rape of Persephone. Hades with Persephone in fast quadriga right; beneath, overturned flower basket
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
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)