RPC III, 2552

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2552
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Ludus (in office for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ Ι(ΟΥ) ΛΥΔΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ, ΤΟ Β
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰου(λίου) Λύδου Ἰουλιέων Γορδηνῶν τὸ βʹ
Translation under Gaius Iulius Ludus, of the Iulian Gordians, for the second time
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Reference SNG vA 2981
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1991 ex vA 2981
2 2     O ex Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 748
3 3     B: I-B