RPC III, 1726

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1726
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Kephalion (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 118
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑ(ΙΑ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΛ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝΟϹ, ΤΟ Β (in field, l.)
Reverse design Zeus naked standing facing, his right hand on his hip from which falls a drapery, holding thunderbolt in his left hand; at his feet, right, eagle standing facing, head left, a wreath in its beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4, 6: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18265903, Löbb.
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43332 ex Prowe = m.arch. I, 1911, pl. XVII, 14
3 3     NY: 1944.100.43333
4 4     NY: 1953.171.532
5 5     H.I. coll.
6 6     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2550 = ETB coll., ex Savoca Online Auction 23, 17 June 2018, lot 303