RPC III, 1957

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1957
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Hyrcanis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Avidius Quietus (proconsul)
Dating AD 125/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΘΥ ΚΥΙΗ[ΤΩ Υ]ΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕ
Reverse design Hades and Persephone in quadriga, right; in field, Eros flying, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 587
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B NZ XVI, 1884, 286/132 = Stumpf Taf. XVIII, 11
2 2     FJ coll., ex eBay 2016