RPC III, 3151

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3151
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 19
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian (seen from front), right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙ ΤωΝ ΠΡ ΑΡΓΑΙω ΕΤ ΙΘ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by Helios standing left, holding globe in right hand, sceptre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference S —; Marthaler 70; Ganschow 203a, c
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G 0902 Ganschow 203c
2 2     Henseler 349 (ex Knopek 162, 2008, lot 15)
3 3     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Solidus Online Auction 8, 23 Apr. 2016, lot 184) = Ganschow 203c.2
4 4     Pompeii Auction 2, 3 Dec, 2021, lot 572