RPC III, 2540

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2540
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Ancyra
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Men— Αskl(epios?) (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΗΝ ΑϹΚΛ ΑΡΧ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μην(—) Ἀσκλ(—) ἄρχ(οντος) Ἀνκυρανῶν
Translation under Men— Ascl(epios?) archon, of the Ancyrans
Reverse design Zeus naked standing facing, head left, holding anchor in his right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.99 g
Axis 12
Reference Winterthur 4041
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note I-B read the name of the archon as ΜΗΝΟΚΛ(ΕΟΥC), but the reading is clear. It might be Menaskles or Menasklas.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 339
2 2     Winterthur GrMW 4041 = I-B, ZGRM 140/2
3 3     V: GR 37288
4 4     Lindgren 560
5 5     Sternberg 25–26 Nov. 1976, lot 813
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 194
7 7     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rohde
8 8     CGT coll. (exSavoca 2 Blue London Auction, 4 May 2019, lot 751)
9 9     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rohde
10 10     CGT coll. = Lydia Auction 7, 8 May 2021, lot 477