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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Υ--- Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) 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 Κερασουντίων ἔτους οδʹ Κερασουντίων 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

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