RPC III, 2956

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2956
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 20
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ(Α) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥ(ΤΟ)
Edition Τυανέων τῶν πρ(ὸς) Τα(ύρῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτο(νόμου)
Translation of the Tyanans on Taurus, of the sacred, inviolable, autonomous (city)
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding Nike in her right hand, left resting on shield and spear; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Κ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.94 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Waddington 6805–6
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
Note ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥ: 3, 5; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤΟ: 2, 7; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΤΑ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤΟ: 1
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 757 Wa 6805
2 2     P: 758 Wa 6806
3 3     Adana Cox, NNM 92, 59/234 and Pl. XI
4 4     Yale ex PRF
5 5     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1133 = Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2599
6 6     CGT coll., ex eBay shop Roma Aeternae, probably ex VAuctions 221, 5 Feb. 2009, lot 77
7 7     VCoins G. Rohde 14117
8 8     CGT coll., ex VCoins Boersma
9 9     CGT coll., ex eBay Auction Savoca
10 10     Washington: 71.19.59
11 11     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2707 = ETB coll. (ex Peus e-Auction 8, 19 Jan. 2019, lot 382)
12 12     Henseler 1517
13 13     S. Oberc coll., ex Ancient Numismatics Auctions 17, 25 Jan. 2025, lot 432