RPC III, 1517

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1517
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 ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Olympius
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΥΤΥΧΕΣΤΑΤΟΥ ϹΕΒ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design galley left with steersman and nine rowers; curved stern above steersman, standard and vexillum; on prow, Triton, left, blowing horn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1518/1.
Note The inscription and design copy sestertii with FELICITATI AVG: see General Introduction, chapter 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Formerly Grand Duc coll.