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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ν(έρουας) Ἁδριαν(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Nerva Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀτταειτῶν
Translation of the Attaeans
Reverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.60 g
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