RPC III, 1785

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τρα--- Ἁδριανός 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 στρατηγοῦ Κανδίδου βʹ Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν --- 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 23 mm
Average weight 9.06 g
Axis 12
Reference LS
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1930 ex Sotheby’s, 8 Apr. 1930, part of lot 289
2 2     ✸ JM Doyen coll.