RPC III, 3233

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3233
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 20
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΤΟ Κ ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π (?)
Edition τό κʹ αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation the 20th (year), emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ ΚΑΛΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡ, ΚΑΙ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ (in field r.)
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρ(ὸς) Καλυ(κάδνῳ) τῆς ἱερ(ᾶς) καὶ ἀσ(ύλου) αὐτ(ονόμου)
Translation of the Seleucians on the Calycadnus, of the sacred and inviolable autonomous (city)
Reverse design Heracles, wearing short chiton, standing, facing, head left, resting on club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 968
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–7, 9: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 912 SNG 968
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     Levante Suppl. 188 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 254
5 5     ✸ CGT coll, ex Roma EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 444
6 6     ETB coll
7 7     Vcoins (Jan. 2017)
8 8     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
9 9     R. Pudill coll.