RPC III, 2957

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2957
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 20
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ(ΤΟϹ ?)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ(Ν) Π(Ρ) ΤΑ(Υ) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤ
Edition Τυανέων τῶν πρ(ὸς) Ταύ(ρῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτ(ονόμου)
Translation of the Tyanans on Taurus, of the sacred, inviolable, autonomous (city)
Reverse design club; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Κ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 1013
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Note ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 1; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ Π ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 3; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 2; [ΤΥΑ]ΝΕΩ ΤΩ ΠΡ ΤΑ ΙƐΡ ΑϹΥ Α[ΥΤ]: 4.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Adana Cox, NNM 92, 58–9/233 and Pl. XI
2 2     A: Zarifis coll. 112
3 3     MünzZentrum 36, 7–9 Nov. 1979, lot 78
4 4     Kairos Numismatik Auction 3, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 289
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2708 = ETB Coll. (ex Peus e-Auction 8, 19 Jan. 2019, lot 380)
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Henseler 1518
8 8     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 11, 2 Oct. 2021, lot 164
9 9     Zeus 23, 6 Mar. 2022, lot 641