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) ϹΕΒ(Α)
Edition Ἁδριανὸς Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στός)
Translation Hadrian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΜΑΡϹΥΑϹ ΚΙΒΩΤΟΙ
Edition Ἀπαμέων Μαρσύας κιβωτοί
Translation of the Apameans, Marsyas, caskets
Reverse design Marsyas, naked but for chlamys over lower limbs, reclining left in rocky cave, above which are two or five chests, holding cornucopia in his raised right hand, double flute in left; beneath him, inverted vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.28 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 155–6
Specimens 30 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 155 (and Pl. XI, 10)
2 2     L BMC 156
5 5     L: 1911,1010.15
6 6     L: 1979,0101.2151 ex vA 3492
7 7     C McClean 8771 (and Pl. 308, 15)
8 8     C McClean 8772
9 9     P: 498
11 11     Cop SNG 211
12 12     Cop SNG 212
13 13     V: GR 19761
14 14     V-ON SNG Leypold 1453
15 15     V-ON SNG Leypold 1454
17 17     Mu SNG 155
18 18     B: Fox
19 19     B: Löbb.
20 20     B: I-B
21 21     B: B-I
22 22     NY: 1944.100.49986 ex Weber 7036
23 23     vA 3493
24 24     vA 8343
25 25     Falghera 808
26 26     Plankenhorn coll.
27 27     Plankenhorn coll.
28 28     Plankenhorn coll.
29 29     Plankenhorn coll.
30 30     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1082
31 31     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10–11 Oct. 2005, lot 1991
34 34     CGT coll. = VAuction 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 274
35 35     Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021 (P. Weiss), lot 380
36 36     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2598 = ETB coll. = Peus EE 406, 25 April 2012, lot 554 = Peus 403, 27 April 2011, lot 701