RPC III, 1787A (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1787A (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Candidus II (strategos)
Dating AD 135/6 or 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ [ ] ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν --- Στρατονεικέων Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν [---] Στρατονεικ(έων)
Translation of the Hadrianopolitan [---] Stratoniceans
Reverse design NIke standing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.32 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The coin is not convincing and has probably been altered from something else, perhaps a later coin of Stratonicea.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O ex Rogers = Milne, NC 1938, p. 195 no. 4