RPC III, 1759

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1759
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Attaea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription (ΑΥ) ΤΡΑ(Ι) Ν ΑΔΡΙΑΝ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Nerva Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference von Fritze 377–9
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
Note N was probably intended to mean IAN, and not ΝΕΡΒΑ, which would be a titulature unparalleled on the imperial coinage
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 7
2 2     Mu SNG 198 = previously listed as RPC III, 6566
3 3     L: G 0744
4 4     P: 108 (11) SNG 146
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Mu von Fritze Taf. VI, 13 rev.
8 8     NY: 1944.100.42433
9 9     Wendt XVII, Hollscheck coll., 22–23 June 1977, lot 224
10 10     MM Deutschland 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 465
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2088
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     ETB coll., ex eBay Savoca
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     ✸ Savoca 31st Blue, 25 Apr. 2020, lot 840