RPC III, 3242

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3242
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Παρα(θικοῦ) υἱ(ὸς) θε(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) υἱ(ωνὸς) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the god Trajan Parthicus, grandson of the god Nerva, Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΟΛΒΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀλβεῶν
Translation of the Olbians
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, wearing stephane, right; behind, crescent-moon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.37 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Staffieri 45
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 22 (and pl. XXII, 9)
2 2     P: 868 Wa 4433 = SNG 849
3 3     NY: 1924.999.180
4 4     Trade ( = I-B, KM 479/2 and pl. XVIII, 18)
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 32
6 6     CGT coll., ex eBay Numismatik Naumann closed 17 June 2016
7 7     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2644 = ETB coll., ex Numismatik Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 479
8 8     VAuctions 333, 13 Nov. 2018, lot 337