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III, 1956
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1956
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Volume
III
Number
1956
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Smyrna
Region
Lydia
City
Hyrcanis
Reign
Hadrian
Person (obv.)
Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate
Marcus Peducaeus Priscinus (proconsul)
Dating
AD 124/5
Obverse inscription
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Α-ΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition
Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανός
Translation
Emperor Caesar Hadrian
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right,
Reverse inscription
ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΑΝΘ ΠΡΙϹΚΙΝΩ
Edition
Ὑρκανῶν ἀνθ(υπάτῳ) Πρισκίνῳ
Translation
of the Hyrcanians, to the proconsul Priscinus
Reverse design
Dionysus standing left, himation over lower limbs and left shoulder, holding cantharus in right hand, left resting on thyrsus
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
19 mm
Average weight
5.16 g
Axis
6
Reference
Stumpf —; Weiser p. 283 corr. And p. 290, Abb. 3
Specimens
3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1958/1.
Correction
Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
Kölner Münzkabinett 92, 20–21 Oct. 2009, lot 267 (ex Schulten, 19–21 Apr. 1989, lot 377)
20
5.34
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2
2
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ETB coll., ex Saint Paul Antiques 8, lot 269
18
5.11
6
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3
3
CGT coll. = Savoca 117 Blue, 13 Nov. 2021, lot 629
19
5.03
6
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