RPC III, 2586

 

Image of specimen #30

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2586
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ϹƐΒ(Α)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian r., with aegis
Reverse inscription ΑΠΑΜƐΩΝ ΜΑΡϹΥΑϹ ΚΙΒΩΤΟΙ
Reverse design Marsyas, naked but for chlamys over lower limbs, reclining l. in rocky cave, above which are two or five chests, holding cornucopia in his raised r. hand, double flute in l.; beneath him, inverted vase from which water flows
Metal Æ
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.28 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 155–6
Specimens 29
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     L BMC 155 (and Pl. XI, 10)
2     L BMC 156
5     L: 1911,1010.15
6     L: 1979,0101.2151 ex vA 3492
7     C McClean 8771 (and Pl. 308, 15)
8     C McClean 8772
9     P: 498
11     Cop SNG 211
12     Cop SNG 212
13     V: GR 19761
14     V-ON SNG Leypold 1453
15     V-ON SNG Leypold 1454
17     Mu SNG 155
18     B: Fox
19     B: Löbb.
20     B: I-B
21     B: B-I
22     NY: 1944.100.49986 ex Weber 7036
23     vA 3493
24     vA 8343
25     Falghera 808
26     Plankenhorn coll.
27     Plankenhorn coll.
28     Plankenhorn coll.
29     Plankenhorn coll.
30     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1082
31     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10–11 Oct. 2005, lot 1991
34     CGT coll. = VAuction 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 274
35     Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021 (P. Weiss), lot 380