RPC III, 2928

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2928
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Cerasus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 74 (ΟΔ)
Dating AD 137/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π Υ[ ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος) Υ[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Father of the Fatherland, Υ[---]
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΕΡΑϹΟΥΝΤΙ[ωΝ ΕΤΟΥ]Ϲ ΟΔ
Edition Κερασοῦντίων ἔτους οδʹ
Translation of the Cerasuntians, of year 74
Reverse design Zeus naked standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 1; Wojan, Kerasonte 2
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note [1 obv. die]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM p. 576, no 48 and pl. IV, 11 = Rec 1 and pl. XI, 11