RPC III, 3100

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3100
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 star; to left and right, stars
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.36 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference S 270, Metcalf Conspectus 96b, Ganschow 174b
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 124
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     NY: 1940.35.10
4 4     vA 6418
5 5     Freiburg: 12161
6 6     ✸ Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1132 (ex Lanz 20, 1981, lot 548; Hirsch 174, 1992, lot 709)