RPC III, 3231

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3231
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Silver
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ Π ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΠΑ Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Π(αρθικοῦ) υἱ(ὸς) Θε(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἀδριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Πα(τὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρὸς τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus
Reverse design Apollo naked standing, left, holding wreath over garlanded altar and resting on tripod
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.78 g
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 733A
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3230/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1976,0202.1
2 2     Bankhaus Aufhäuser 13, 7–8 Oct. 1997, lot 363
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 333 (ex Prieur coll.)