RPC III, 1626

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1626
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadrianotherae
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Orfius Menophantos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Αὔγο(υστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΟΡΦ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΘΗΡΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ὀρφίου Μηνοφάντου Ἁδριανοθηριτῶν ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ὀρφ(ίου) Μηνοφάντου Ἁδριανοθηριτῶν
Translation under strategos Orfius Menophantos of the Hadrianotheritans
Reverse design Hadrian on horseback galloping right, brandishing spear at bear, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.63 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze 564
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note 'Lion' changed to 'bear'.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 177 = von Fritze 564/1
2 2     Winterthur: 2547 von Fritze 564/2
3 3     Pudill coll.
4 4     Pudill coll.
5 5     ✸ Bern: N/G3139 MM 41, 18–19 June 1970, lot 361
6 6     CGT coll., ex Naville Auction 16, lot 330, ex Peus 366, Marcel Burstein coll., 29 Oct. 2000, lot 582
7 7     Naumann 46, 11. Sept. 2016, lot 335