RPC III, 1972

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1972
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ, ϹΜΥΡ (in field)
Edition Πολέμων στρατηγῶν ἀνέθηκε Σμυρ(ναίος)
Translation Polemon as strategos dedicated (this) to the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Zeus seated right, himation over lower limbs, right resting on throne, holding transverse sceptre over left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose XLIV, Serie C, 19–36
Specimens 29 (3 in the core collections)
Note Klose 26: P 2539A
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2538A Klose 27
2 2 –21     See Klose 19–26, 28–36
22 22     P: 2538A1
23 23     ✸ P: 2538A2
24 24     Münster: M 1153
25 25     Künker 54, 7 Mar. 2000, lot 2244
26 26     CNG EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, lot 222 (ex MM Deutschland 15, Righetti IV, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 691)
27 27     CGT coll. = Pecunem 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 466
28 28     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2567 = ETB coll, ex Papillon auction 5, 2021, lot 406
29 29     Falghera 796