RPC III, 3091

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3091
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Pater Patriae
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡ
Edition ὕπατος γʹ πατὴρ πατρ(ίδος)
Translation consul for the third time, Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by Helios standing left, holding globe in right, sceptre in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.56 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 266a, Metcalf Conspectus 93b, Ganschow 169d
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1983.159.21 Metcalf Hoard 514
2 2     Metcalf Hoard 515
3 3     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2675 = ETB coll., ex CNG EA 360, 30 Sept. 2015, lot 248 = CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 992
4 4     Freiburg: 12160
5 5     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2936