RPC III, 1699

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1699
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ
Edition Περπερηνίων Περπερηνίων
Translation of the Perperenians
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in his right hand, resting on thyrsus with his left; panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.14 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Stauber 32 corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obv. is very similar to 1807A (Nacrasa).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: Cousinéry
2 2     ✸ priv Coll H.I., ex Pecunem 43, 1 May 2016, lot 638
3 3     CGT coll., ex eBay Numismatik Naumann
4 4     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 310 (ex Henzen FPL 110, December 1999, 373)
5 5     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca Coins Blue 152nd Blue, 7 - 8 Jan. 2023, lot 1156)
6 6     priv Coll H.I., ex Biga Numismatics EA 31, 11–12 May 2024, lot 432 = SPQR Collection 5, 16 Jan. 2025, lot 182