RPC III, 3234

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3234
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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΕΤΟΥϹ Κ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος ἔτους κʹ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ἔτους κʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, year 20
Obverse design confronted busts of Apollo, right and Artemis (as Hadrian and Sabina?), left; Apollo is laureate and draped, Artemis is draped, with quiver over left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ ΚΑΛΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡ ΚΑΙ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρὸς Καλυκάδνῳ τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου 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 Athena standing, right, holding spear in right hand and shield on left arm, striking down serpent-footed giant, throwing rock at her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.19 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 964–5
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 17
2 2     P: 915 SNG 964
3 3     ✸ P: 914 SNG 965
4 4     B: 238/1875
5 5     B: I-B GM p. 713, no. 575
6 6     SNG Levante 720
7 7     Tahberer SNG 1172
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     SNG vA 5819