RPC III, 1956

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Kölner Münzkabinett 92, 20–21 Oct. 2009, lot 267 (ex Schulten, 19–21 Apr. 1989, lot 377)
2 2     ✸ ETB coll., ex Saint Paul Antiques 8, lot 269
3 3     CGT coll. = Savoca 117 Blue, 13 Nov. 2021, lot 629