RPC III, 2703

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2703
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ
Edition Ἁδρια(νός) Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Hadrian Caesar
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤΕΜΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΙ
Edition Ἀρτέμι(δος) Περγαί(ας)
Translation of Artemis of Perge
Reverse design sphinx, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 2.10 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Cop 318
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note Possibly a Ν after ΑΔΡΙΑ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26–28 June 1950, lot 766
2 2     Cop SNG 318
3 3     A: 1907-8 NE 42
4 4     A-KIKPE: FHW SNG Pfälzer 283
5 5     B: I-B MG 333/54
6 6     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 39, lot 691
7 7     CGT coll. = Themis Auction 6, 29 Feb. 2020, lot 409
8 8     V. Prokhorov coll.