RPC III, 1388

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1388
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, Eros flying right above
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1385/9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 998