RPC III, 3236

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3236
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΓΕΝΗ ΕΤΟΥϹ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design confronted busts of Hadrian/Apollo, right and Sabina/Artemis, left; Hadrian/Apollo is laureate and draped, Sabina/Artemis is draped, with a quiver over left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ ΚΑΛΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡ ΚΑΙ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ
Reverse design Athena advancing, right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding shield in left hand, striking at anguipede giant, seen from behind, raising hands in defence
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19147
2 2     ✸ T. Cederlind BBS 151, 18 June 2009, lot 61
3 3     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. – 1st Oct. 2012, lot 1834
4 4     Gromotka coll.