RPC III, 1961

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1961
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ Γ Δ Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΔΩΝ ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design hero with double axe on horse, standing right; beneath horse’s foreleg, lighted altar and in front, cypress-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 9
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note CΕΒ changed to CΕ Γ Δ Π with 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9
2 2     P: 761
3 3     P: 762
4 4     vA 8238
5 5     Rauch Summer Auction 2012, 20–22 Sept. 2012, lot 965
6 6     CGT coll., ex VCoins Bart Lewis
7 7     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rohde
8 8     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2575 = ETB coll., ex Savoca 1st blue auction London, 24 Mar. 2019, lot 691
9 9     N&N LONDON Green II, 3 Oct. 2022, lot 342