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)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορος) Καί(σαρος) Τρ(αιανοῦ) Ἁδριανοῦ ΓΕΝΗ ἔτους
Translation of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian, GENE(?), of year
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
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 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
Average weight 15.25 g
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.