RPC III, 2517

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2517
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Tiberiopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Aelius Flavianus Sosthenes (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ)(ΑΙ) (ΤΡ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝ(Ο)(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, (with small aegis)
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΩϹΘΕΝΟΥϹ ΑΡ(Χ) ΤΙΒ(Ε)(Ρ)(Ι)(Ο)(ΠΟΛΙΤ)
Edition ἐπὶ Σωσθένους ἄρχ(οντος) Τιβεριοπολιτ(ῶν)
Translation under Sosthenes archon, of the Tiberiopolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.75 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA, Phryg. 1248–55
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 11
2 2     ✸ O ex Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 762
3 3     P: 2170
4 4     V: GR 36472
5 5     Tübingen SNG 4204
6 6     B: I-B MG 414/163
7 7     Lindgren 1046
8 8     Formerly Bennett coll.
9 9     Formerly Beutler coll.
10 10     Rauch Summer Auction 2012, 20–22 Sept. 2012, lot 966
11 11     Pudill coll.
12 12     T. Mullally coll.
13 13     CNG 448, 17 July 2019, lot 295
14 14     CGT coll.