RPC III, 3275

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3275
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Sabina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π (in field, l. and r.)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) υἱ(ὸς) θε(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) υἱ(ωνὸς) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΑΔΡΙ ΤΑΡϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΟϹ (in field, l. and r.) Α-Υ
Edition Σαβεῖνα Σεβαστὴ Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Ταρσ(έων) μητροπόλεος Αὐ(γοῡστα)
Translation Sabina Augusta, of the metropolis of the Hadrianian Tarseans, Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Sabina, wearing stephane, right, on crescent
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.05 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1413; Prieur 771
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 8, 10: same obv. die.
Note 1: % silver (Walker): 70.50; 3600/2: % silver (Walker): 74.50; 3:% silver (IRAMAT Centre Ernest-Babelon): 60.1
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 153 (and pl. XXXIV, 7)
2 2     L BMC 154
3 3     P: 1222 SNG 1413
4 4     B: 18311095, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
5 5     B: 18311095, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
6 6     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 775 (ex Hamburger, June 1930, lot 390)
7 7     Vecchi I, 1–2 Feb. 1996, lot 851 (ex SNG Levante 995)
8 8     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 688 (ex SNG Levante 994; vA 5985)
9 9     ✸ Triton VII, 13–14 Jan. 2004, lot 795 (ex Sternberg XIV, 24-25 May 1984, lot 327 = SNG Levante 993)
10 10     CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 349 (ex Prieur coll.) = Prieur 771
11 11     Gorny and Mosch 273, 19 Nov. 2020, lot 361 (ex NFA XXX, 8 Dec. 1992, lot 255; NAC 72, 16–17 May 2013, lot 653; CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 583)