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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικὸς) Δ(ακικὸς) Π(ατήρ?)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Father (of the Fatherland?)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΔΩΝ ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Λυδῶν Μοστηνῶν
Translation of the Lydian Mosteneans
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
Average weight 14.36 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 9
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note CΕΒ changed to CΕ Γ Δ Π with 6
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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