RPC III, 2959

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2959
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 21
Dating AD 136/7
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 Τ(ΩΝ) ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥ(Τ), ΕΤ ΚΑ
Edition Τυανέων τῶν πρ(ὸς) Τ(αύρῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτ(ονόμου) ἔτ(ους) καʹ
Translation of the Tyanans on Taurus, of the sacred, inviolable, autonomous (city), year 21
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding Nike in her right hand, left resting on shield and spear; in field, left and right, date
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.11 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Waddington 6807
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 758a Wa 6807
2 2     Henseler 1522
3 3     Henseler 1521, ex CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 264
4 4     Rauch Summer Auction 2012, 20–22 Sept. 2012, lot 967
5 5     ETB coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 887