RPC III, 1780

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1780
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 ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Edition Ἁδριανὸς κτίστης
Translation Hadrian the founder
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠ(Ο) ϹΤΡ ΚΑ
Edition Ἁδριανοπο(λειτῶν) στρ(ατηγός) Κά(νδιδος)
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans, strategos Candidus
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding patera in extended right hand, his left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.14 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference LS 12
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1925 (ex Sotheby’s, 11 Dec. 1924, part of lot 69 = Weber 6567 and pl. 231)
2 2     O: Martin 1975
3 3     P: 591 (kept under Hadrianopolis in Thrace) Jurukova, Hadrianopolis, 118/5 and pl. 1, 5
4 4     P: 1173
5 5     P: Gaudin
6 6     Winterthur GrMW 3951
7 7     B: I-B (and Taf. II, 13)
8 8     B: 478/1896
9 9     Pudill coll.
10 10     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
11 11     CGT coll., ex eBay Chimaira
12 12     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
13 13     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2586 = ETB coll. (ex CNG EA 436, 23 Jan. 2019, lot 329)
14 14     ✸ R. Pudill coll.