RPC III, 2507

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2507
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Ati(us?) Metrogenes (epimeletes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜ Α ΜΗΤΡΟΓΕΝ, ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design river god Rhyndakos reclining, left, holding river god Penkalas on his extended right hand, cornucopia on left; behind, inverted vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 102, vA, Aizanoi 51
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
Note On the interpretation of the type, see L. Robert ‘Documents d'Asie Mineure. XVIII. Fleuves et culyes d'Aizanoi', BCH 105 (1981), pp. 331-60, esp. pp. 350-2
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 100 (and Pl. V, 10)
2 2     L BMC 101
3 3     O: Milne 1947
4 4     G SNG 2005
5 5     P: 221 Wa 5574
6 6     P: 222 Wa 5575
7 7     Cop SNG 96
8 8     Mu SNG 36
9 9     B: 306/1882
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     A: 5878
12 12     NY: 1924.999.165
13 13     Lindgren 873
14 14     Falghera 807
15 15     Peus 366, Burstein coll., 29 Oct. 2000, lot 757 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 757
16 16     Bankhaus Aufhäuser 20, 16–18 Oct. 2007, lot 305
17 17     ✸ CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 235
18 18     R. Pudill coll.