RPC III, 1779

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1779
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Candidus II (strategos)
Dating c. 128–30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΑΝΔΙΔΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κανδίδου Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation under the strategos Candidus of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing, holding thunderbolt in right hand, resting on sceptre with his left hand, looking at Athena standing left, looking right, her right hand resting on shield, her left resting on spear; at right, Hera standing, looking left, resting on sceptre with her left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.09 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference LS 13 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1172
2 2     B: 1350/1931
3 3     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 267