RPC III, 2340

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2340
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Alliance with Hierapolis
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Hadrianus
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Hadrian, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Zeus Laodiceus, left, standing right in long chiton and himation, holding eagle on outstretched right hand, left resting on sceptre facing Apollo in long mantle and chiton standing right, head left, wearing plectrum in right hand and lyre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1148–51
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend is clockwise
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 325 (and Pl. LIII, 1 rev.), Franke & Nollé 1149 and Taf. 53 rev.
2 2     Falghera 810 = Franke & Nollé 1150
3 3     Giessener Münzhandlung 32, 1985, lot 209 ( = Franke & Nollé 1151)
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1028
5 5     Verona: 1760
6 6     Bern: N/97.65