RPC III, 2516

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2516
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Tiberiopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Aelius Flavianus Sosthenes (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΑΙΛ(Ι)(ΟΥ) (ΦΛΑΒΙΑΝΟΥ) ϹΩϹΘΕΝ(Ο)(ΥϹ) ΤΙΒ(Ε)(ΡΙΟ)(Π)(ΟΛ)
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Αἰλίου Φλαβιανοῦ Σωσθένους Τιβεριοπολ(ιτῶν)
Translation under Titus Aelius Flavianus Sosthenes, of the Tiberiopolitans
Reverse design Apollo naked standing left, holding laurel-branch in his right hand, his left elbow resting on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.04 g
Axis 6
Reference vA, Phryg. 1239–47
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 10
2 2     C Lewis SNG 1573
3 3     P: 2167
4 4     P: 2168
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: B-I
7 7     B
8 8     NY: 1944.100.50612
9 9     vA 4027
10 10     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 761
11 11     ETB coll., ex Gitbud and Naumann 37, 2015, lot 548
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll. (ex Naumann 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 278)
14 14     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2608 = ETB (ex Savoca 84, 2020, lot 205)
15 15     ✸ ETB coll., ex Papillon Auction 8, lot 761