RPC III, 1785

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1785
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Candidus II (strategos)
Dating AD 135/6 or 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΡΑ[ ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τρα[---] Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Tra[---] Hadrian
Obverse design emperor in military dress on horseback galloping right, brandishing spear in right hand at boar, right
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΚΑΝΔΙΔΟΥ Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ [ ]
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κανδίδου βʹ Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν [---]
Translation (under) strategos Candidus II, of the Hadrianopolitans [---]
Reverse design on left, Hygieia standing right looking at Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting with his right hand on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.52 g
Reference LS
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Milne 1930 ex Sotheby’s, 8 Apr. 1930, part of lot 289