RPC III, 2926A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2926A
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 56 (ΝϚ)
Dating AD 119/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊα(νὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ(ΟΥϹ) ΝϚ ΝΕΟΚΑΙ
Edition ἔτους νϛʹ Νεοκαι(σαρέων)
Translation of year 56, of the Neocaesareans
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm; in right field, uncertain object or ΙΙΙ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.77 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Original comment: "Confirmation required: attribution to Nicopolis is tentative. The date would 'fit' and a similar rev. with Nike occurs for Trajan (RPC 2942); 'Nike' = 'Nikopolis' (in part)? Year 56 would be AD 126/7. There seems to be no ethnic: perhaps because it is a small denomination?". The new specimen reads ΝƐΟΚΑΙ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     R. Pudill coll. = Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2530 = ETB coll.
2 2     ✸ Savoca 24 Blue, 21 Sept. 2019, lot 692