RPC III, 2543

 

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Coin type
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 ϹΕΒΑϹ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Hadrianus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙ[ΩΝΟϹ] ΑΡΧ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Roma helmeted seated left on shield with parazonium, holding Nike with wreath on her extended right hand, transverse spear in l
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur GrMW 3886 = P. Weiss, 'Hadrian in Lydien', Chiron 25 (1995), pp. 213-24
2 2     ✸ 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