RPC III, 1515

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1515
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Olympius
Dating AD 129 onwards
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Olympius
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Hero Kyzicos naked but a chlamys on left shoulder, standing left, resting on sceptre with his right hand, left hand on his hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference SNG France 640
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1514/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 314 SNG 640