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III, 2543
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2543
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Volume
III
Number
2543
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Sardis
Region
Lydia
City
Saitta
Reign
Hadrian
Person (obv.)
Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate
Claudius Machairion (archon)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Ϲ
Ε
ΒΑϹ
Edition
Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανός Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς)
Translation
Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
Ε
ΠΙ ΚΛ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙ[ΩΝΟϹ] ΑΡΧ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition
ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Μαχαιρίωνος ἄρχ(οντος) Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation
under Claudius Machairion archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design
Roma helmeted seated left on shield with parazonium, holding Nike with wreath on her extended right hand, transverse spear in left
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
31 mm
Average weight
15.19 g
Axis
6
Reference
Winterthur 3886
Specimens
2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links
1: same obv. die as 2543A/1–2.
Note
P. Weiss, 'Hadrian in Lydien',
Chiron
25 (1995), pp. 213-24, suggests that the coins of Macharion from Saitta refer to an imperial visit to the city in 124.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
Winterthur
GrMW
3886 = P. Weiss, 'Hadrian in Lydien',
Chiron
25 (1995), pp. 213-24
30.8
14.11
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2
2
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Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2582 = ETB coll. = Solidus EA 9, 8 Oct. 2016, lot 243 = Leu WA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 453
30.2
16.27
6
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